schwächte

[ˈʃvɛçtə]

/[ˈʃvɛçtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwächte” is uncommon German (frequency #60,060 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,060
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwachte · schwächte · German

schwächte · rank #60,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,060
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwimmend

Nearest frequency peer: schwimmend (-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 „schwächte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwächte
PropertyValue
Headwordschwächte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃvɛçtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,060
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwächte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwimmend“ (#60,059), „Schäubles“ (#60,061), „Schwimmbädern“ (#60,058). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwächte“ bei #60,060. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwächte is uncommon German at frequency #60,060 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛçtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schwächte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schwächte, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen

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 "schwächte"?
"schwächte" is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛçtə].
What does "schwächte" mean?
As a verb, "schwächte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwächen
How do you pronounce "schwächte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwächte" is [ˈʃvɛçtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwächte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schäubles#60,061Seeräuber#60,066schnaufen#60,047Sieglinde#60,076

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list