Schweife

[ˈʃvaɪ̯fə]

/[ˈʃvaɪ̯fə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schweife” is uncommon German (frequency #70,791 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,791
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schweif

Corpus desk

Index DE-schweife · Schweife · German

Schweife · rank #70,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,791
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwebten

Nearest frequency peer: schwebten (-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 „Schweife“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schweife
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchweife
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvaɪ̯fə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,791
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schweife“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schweifefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwebten“ (#70,790), „Schweregrad“ (#70,792), „schwindenden“ (#70,793). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schweife“ bei #70,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schweife is uncommon German at frequency #70,791 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯fə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schweife, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schweife, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schweif
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schweif
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schweif
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schweif

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 "Schweife"?
"Schweife" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvaɪ̯fə].
What does "Schweife" mean?
As a noun, "Schweife" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schweif
How do you pronounce "Schweife"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schweife" is [ˈʃvaɪ̯fə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schweife" come from?
"Schweife" 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 "Schweife", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

schmalem#70,773sponsert#70,824Sarstedt#70,754Sterbens#70,839

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list