Schwemmland
[ˈʃvɛmˌlant]
The verdict
“Schwemmland” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - angeschwemmtes, fruchtbares Land an der Küste
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwemmland · Schwemmland · German
Schwemmland · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwemmland |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɛmˌlant] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwemmland“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwemmland is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɛmˌlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "angeschwemmtes, fruchtbares Land an der Küste".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schwemmland, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwemmland, spelled S-C-H-W-E-M-M-L-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1angeschwemmtes, fruchtbares Land an der Küste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwemmland appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Tiefland um die Flüsse Ganges und Brahmputra herum ist fruchtbares Schwemmland und bietet Fläche für viele Flüsse, die quer durch das Land verlaufen.“
„Ohne den Zustrom von Schlamm verschwindet das in Jahrtausenden aufgeschüttete Schwemmland in den Meeresfluten.“
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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.