Schwellungen

[ˈʃvɛlʊŋən]

/[ˈʃvɛlʊŋən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwellungen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,034 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,034
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schwellung

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwellungen · Schwellungen · German

Schwellungen · rank #50,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,034
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweizerdeut…

Nearest frequency peer: Schweizerdeutsch (-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 „Schwellungen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwellungen
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwellungen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvɛlʊŋən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwellungen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schweizerdeutsch“ (#50,033), „Schwerelosigkeit“ (#50,035), „schwächelt“ (#50,036). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwellungen“ bei #50,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwellungen is uncommon German at frequency #50,034 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɛlʊŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Schwellungen 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schwellungen, spelled S-C-H-W-E-L-L-U-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schwellung
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schwellung
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Schwellung
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schwellung

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 "Schwellungen"?
"Schwellungen" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-L-L-U-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛlʊŋən].
What does "Schwellungen" mean?
As a noun, "Schwellungen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schwellung
How do you pronounce "Schwellungen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwellungen" is [ˈʃvɛlʊŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwellungen" come from?
"Schwellungen" 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 "Schwellungen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schellenberg#50,022Silbermünzen#50,054Sinneswandel#50,056Sonderschule#50,061

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list