Schweifstern
[ˈʃvaɪ̯fˌʃtɛʁn]
The verdict
“Schweifstern” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleiner Himmelskörper, der sich auf einer stark elliptischen Bahn um die Sonne bewegt und zumindest in den sonnennahen Teilen seiner Bahn eine durch Ausgasen erzeugte Koma aufweist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schweifstern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯fˌʃtɛʁn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schweifstern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schweifstern is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃvaɪ̯fˌʃtɛʁn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kleiner Himmelskörper, der sich auf einer stark elliptischen Bahn um die Sonne bewegt und zumindest in den sonnennahen Teilen seiner Bahn eine durch Ausgasen erzeugte Koma aufweist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schweifstern 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Schweifstern, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-F-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Himmelskörper, der sich auf einer stark elliptischen Bahn um die Sonne bewegt und zumindest in den sonnennahen Teilen seiner Bahn eine durch Ausgasen erzeugte Koma aufweist
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Schweifstern”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-E-I-F-S-T-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃvaɪ̯fˌʃtɛʁn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.