schwammige

[ˈʃvamɪɡə]

/[ˈʃvamɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schwammige” is uncommon German (frequency #93,564 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,564
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwammige · schwammige · German

schwammige · rank #93,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,564
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwafeln

Nearest frequency peer: schwafeln (-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 „schwammige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwammige
PropertyValue
Headwordschwammige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃvamɪɡə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwammige“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schwammigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwafeln“ (#93,563), „Schwachmaten“ (#93,562), „Schwanheim“ (#93,566). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwammige“ bei #93,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwammige is uncommon German at frequency #93,564 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvamɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schwammige, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schwammige, spelled S-C-H-W-A-M-M-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig

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 "schwammige"?
"schwammige" is spelled S-C-H-W-A-M-M-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvamɪɡə].
What does "schwammige" mean?
As an adjective, "schwammige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwammig
How do you pronounce "schwammige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwammige" is [ˈʃvamɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwammige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schwanheim#93,566Schulalter#93,556schmächtig#93,549Seilschaft#93,579

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list