schweigsam

[ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]

/[ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“schweigsam” is uncommon German (frequency #62,835 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,835
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-schweigsam · schweigsam · German

schweigsam · rank #62,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,835
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwefeldioxid

Nearest frequency peer: Schwefeldioxid (-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 „schweigsam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schweigsam
PropertyValue
Headwordschweigsam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schweigsam“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schweigsamfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwefeldioxid“ (#62,834), „Schwellenwert“ (#62,836), „Schur“ (#62,833). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schweigsam“ bei #62,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schweigsam is uncommon German at frequency #62,835 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt".

schweigsam has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schweigsam, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-S-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how schweigsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er ist heute so schweigsam, es geht ihm wohl nicht so gut.

Synonyms

stillwortkarg

Antonyms

gesprächigredefreudigredselig

This word in other languages

silent(English)taciturno(Español)silencieux(Français)silencioso(Português)

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 "schweigsam"?
"schweigsam" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm].
What does "schweigsam" mean?
As an adjective, "schweigsam" means: wenig redend, nicht zum Sprechen aufgelegt
How do you pronounce "schweigsam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schweigsam" is [ˈʃvaɪ̯kzaːm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list