schwänzeln
[ˈʃvɛnt͡sl̩n]
The verdict
“schwänzeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit dem Hinterteil, insbesondere dem Schwanz wackeln bzw. wedeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwanzeln · schwänzeln · German
schwänzeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schwänzeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛnt͡sl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwänzeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwänzeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛnt͡sl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schwänzeln, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwänzeln, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit dem Hinterteil, insbesondere dem Schwanz wackeln bzw. wedeln
- 2unterwürfig tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schwänzeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei zunehmender Entfernung vom Bienenstock zur Futterquelle schwänzeln die Bienen im Mittelstück des Tanzes heftiger und der Ablauf des Schwänzeltanzes dauert folglicherweise länger.“
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.