schwankende

[ˈʃvaŋkn̩də]

/[ˈʃvaŋkn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“schwankende” is uncommon German (frequency #56,517 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,517
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 schwankend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwankende · schwankende · German

schwankende · rank #56,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,517
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schutzausrüst…

Nearest frequency peer: Schutzausrüstung (-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 „schwankende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwankende
PropertyValue
Headwordschwankende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃvaŋkn̩də]
Letters11
Frequency rank#56,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwankende“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schwankendefällt 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: „Schutzausrüstung“ (#56,516), „Schwarzgeld“ (#56,518), „Schulnoten“ (#56,515). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwankende“ bei #56,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwankende is uncommon German at frequency #56,517 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvaŋkn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for schwankende in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwankende, spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-K-E-N-D-E.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

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

Schwarzgeld#56,518Schriftform#56,511Schlupfloch#56,503Sparschwein#56,539

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list