schwärme

[ˈʃvɛʁmə]

/[ˈʃvɛʁmə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwärme” is uncommon German (frequency #53,224 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,224
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarme · schwärme · German

schwärme · rank #53,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,224
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwermetalle

Nearest frequency peer: Schwermetalle (-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 „schwärme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwärme
PropertyValue
Headwordschwärme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃvɛʁmə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,224
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwärme“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwermetalle“ (#53,223), „Schädlingsbekämpfung“ (#53,225), „schwerfällt“ (#53,222). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwärme“ bei #53,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwärme is uncommon German at frequency #53,224 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛʁmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for schwärme in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwärme, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen

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 "schwärme"?
"schwärme" is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛʁmə].
What does "schwärme" mean?
As a verb, "schwärme" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
How do you pronounce "schwärme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwärme" is [ˈʃvɛʁmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwärme" come from?
"schwärme" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scorpion#53,227Schnuppe#53,216sanitäre#53,206Saloniki#53,204

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list