schwebten

[ˈʃveːptn̩]

/[ˈʃveːptn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwebten” is uncommon German (frequency #70,790 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,790
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 schweben

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwebten · schwebten · German

schwebten · rank #70,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,790
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweife

Nearest frequency peer: Schweife (+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 „schwebten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwebten
PropertyValue
Headwordschwebten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃveːptn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwebten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schwebtenfällt 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: „Schweife“ (#70,791), „Schutzgebieten“ (#70,788), „Schweregrad“ (#70,792). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwebten“ bei #70,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwebten is uncommon German at frequency #70,790 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃveːptn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for schwebten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schwebten, spelled S-C-H-W-E-B-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schweben
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schweben
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schweben
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schweben

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

Same letter count

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

Schwinger#70,794Schändung#70,795Schrauber#70,780Sitzbänke#70,805

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list