schüchterner

[ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]

/[ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“schüchterner” is uncommon German (frequency #73,994 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,994
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuchterner · schüchterner · German

schüchterner · rank #73,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,994
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schönstem

Nearest frequency peer: schönstem (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schüchterner“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schüchterner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schüchterner
PropertyValue
Headwordschüchterner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,994
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schüchterner“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schüchternerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schönstem“ (#73,993), „Scrabble“ (#73,995), „Schöningen“ (#73,992). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schüchterner“ bei #73,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schüchterner is uncommon German at frequency #73,994 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schüchterner, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schüchterner, spelled S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schüchterner"?
"schüchterner" is spelled S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ].
What does "schüchterner" mean?
As an adjective, "schüchterner" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schüchtern
How do you pronounce "schüchterner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schüchterner" is [ˈʃʏçtɐnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schüchterner" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schüchterner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list