schwären
[ˈʃvɛːʁən]
The verdict
“schwären” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auch Eiter bilden, absondern (und dabei schmerzen), eine Schwäre bilden
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwaren · schwären · German
schwären · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | schwären |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛːʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwären“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwären is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auch Eiter bilden, absondern (und dabei schmerzen), eine Schwäre bilden".
schwären doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwären, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1auch Eiter bilden, absondern (und dabei schmerzen), eine Schwäre bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwären appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wunde schwärte tagelang.
„Aber auch als die Geschwulst aufgebrochen war, schwärte die Entzündung fort.“
This word in other languages
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.