schwärmten

[ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩]

/[ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwärmten” is uncommon German (frequency #99,072 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,072
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwarmten · schwärmten · German

schwärmten · rank #99,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,072
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwelenden

Nearest frequency peer: schwelenden (-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 „schwärmten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwärmten
PropertyValue
Headwordschwärmten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#99,072
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwärmten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwelenden“ (#99,071), „schwant“ (#99,070), „Schutzschirm“ (#99,069). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwärmten“ bei #99,072. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwärmten is uncommon German at frequency #99,072 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schwärmten 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schwärmten, spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural 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 "schwärmten"?
"schwärmten" is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩].
What does "schwärmten" mean?
As a verb, "schwärmten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwärmen
How do you pronounce "schwärmten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwärmten" is [ˈʃvɛʁmtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwärmten" come from?
"schwärmten" 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 "schwärmten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schuhladen#99,064Schreihals#99,062Schreibern#99,061schlingern#99,049

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list