Schwächling

[ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]

/[ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwächling
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwächling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,848
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwächling“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schwächlingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schweinsbraten“ (#94,847), „Schwänzchen“ (#94,849), „schwankten“ (#94,846). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwächling“ bei #94,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schwächling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Jedoch konnte er von Glück reden, dass er ein nicht noch schlimmerer Schwächling war.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schwächling"?
"Schwächling" is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ].
What does "Schwächling" mean?
As a noun, "Schwächling" means: Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft
How do you pronounce "Schwächling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwächling" is [ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwächling" come from?
"Schwächling" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list