schwärmerisch
[ˈʃvɛʁməʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“schwärmerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geprägt vom starken positiven Gefühlen für etwas/jemanden, dabei etwas wirklichkeitsfern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwarmerisch · schwärmerisch · German
schwärmerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | schwärmerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛʁməʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwärmerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwärmerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvɛʁməʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geprägt vom starken positiven Gefühlen für etwas/jemanden, dabei etwas wirklichkeitsfern".
schwärmerisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwärmerisch, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1geprägt vom starken positiven Gefühlen für etwas/jemanden, dabei etwas wirklichkeitsfern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwärmerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Werther gibt sich einer hoffnungslosen Liebe hin, die ihn in den Selbstmord treibt - schwärmerisch, radikal, an der Welt verzweifelnd. Und ungeheuer berührend.
Julius’ schwärmerische Reflexionen über Lucinde und das Wesen der Frauen berühren mich heute noch wie zu Zeiten meines geistesbewegten Studiums in Tübingen.
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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.