Schwamm drüber
[ʃvam ˈdʁyːbɐ]
The verdict
“Schwamm drüber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Sache ist abgeschlossen, es ist nicht weiter der Rede wert
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwamm-druber · Schwamm drüber · German
Schwamm drüber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schwamm drüber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ʃvam ˈdʁyːbɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwamm drüber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwamm drüber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ʃvam ˈdʁyːbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Sache ist abgeschlossen, es ist nicht weiter der Rede wert".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schwamm drüber, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schwamm drüber, spelled S-C-H-W-A-M-M- -D-R-Ü-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1die Sache ist abgeschlossen, es ist nicht weiter der Rede wert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwamm drüber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bitte entschuldige, dass ich dir nichts davon erzählt habe.“ - „Ach, Schwamm drüber!“
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.