schwärmte

[ˈʃvɛʁmtə]

/[ˈʃvɛʁmtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwärmte” is uncommon German (frequency #51,668 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,668
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarmte · schwärmte · German

schwärmte · rank #51,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,668
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schutzhaft

Nearest frequency peer: Schutzhaft (-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 „schwärmte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwärmte
PropertyValue
Headwordschwärmte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃvɛʁmtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwärmte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schwärmtefällt 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: „Schutzhaft“ (#51,667), „Schumanns“ (#51,666), „sedan“ (#51,670). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwärmte“ bei #51,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwärmte is uncommon German at frequency #51,668 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛʁmtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schwärmte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schwärmte, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum 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 "schwärmte"?
"schwärmte" is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛʁmtə].
What does "schwärmte" mean?
As a verb, "schwärmte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
How do you pronounce "schwärmte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwärmte" is [ˈʃvɛʁmtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwärmte" come from?
"schwärmte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schumanns#51,666Seebrücke#51,671Schmerzes#51,659Schleiden#51,656

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list