Schwäbisches Meer
[ˌʃvɛːbɪʃəs ˈmeːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Schwäbisches Meer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - poetische, humorvolle Bezeichnung für den Bodensee
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwabisches-meer · Schwäbisches Meer · German
Schwäbisches Meer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwäbisches Meer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌʃvɛːbɪʃəs ˈmeːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwäbisches Meer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwäbisches Meer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌʃvɛːbɪʃəs ˈmeːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "poetische, humorvolle Bezeichnung für den Bodensee".
Schwäbisches Meer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schwäbisches Meer, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-B-I-S-C-H-E-S- -M-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1poetische, humorvolle Bezeichnung für den Bodensee
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwäbisches Meer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die poetische Bezeichnung ‚Schwäbisches Meer‘ haben Autoren der frühen Neuzeit und der Aufklärung von antiken Autoren, möglicherweise Tacitus übernommen.“
Wir fahren heute ans Schwäbische Meer.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.