Schwächling
[ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Schwächling” is uncommon German (frequency #94,848 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,848
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwachling · Schwächling · German
Schwächling · rank #94,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,848
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweinsbraten
Nearest frequency peer: Schweinsbraten (-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 „Schwächling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schutzschil…
Schutzschilde
5,156 corpus weight
- schwankten
schwankten
5,155 corpus weight
- Schweinsbra…
Schweinsbraten
5,154 corpus weight
- Schwächling
Schwächling
5,153 corpus weight
- Schwänzchen
Schwänzchen
5,152 corpus weight
- schwärzen
schwärzen
5,151 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schwächling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwächling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #94,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwächling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwächling is uncommon German at frequency #94,848 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft".
Schwächling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schwächling, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwächling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jedoch konnte er von Glück reden, dass er ein nicht noch schlimmerer Schwächling war.“
„Der Schwächling fing zu weinen an und sagte, er werde nach Paris fahren.“
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.
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