Schwenke

[ˈʃvɛŋkə]

/[ˈʃvɛŋkə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwenke” is uncommon German (frequency #65,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,667
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwenke · Schwenke · German

Schwenke · rank #65,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,667
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schweinestall

Nearest frequency peer: Schweinestall (-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 „Schwenke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwenke
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwenke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvɛŋkə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,667
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwenke“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schweinestall“ (#65,666), „schwiegen“ (#65,669), „Schwankung“ (#65,664). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwenke“ bei #65,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwenke is uncommon German at frequency #65,667 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɛŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schwenke has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Schwenke, spelled S-C-H-W-E-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schwenk
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schwenk
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schwenk

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

Same letter count

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

Schneise#65,657Seyfried#65,682sauberem#65,646sammelst#65,642

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list