schwenkte

[ˈʃvɛŋktə]

/[ˈʃvɛŋktə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schwenkte” is uncommon German (frequency #64,688 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,688
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwenkte · schwenkte · German

schwenkte · rank #64,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,688
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schurz

Nearest frequency peer: Schurz (-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 „schwenkte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwenkte
PropertyValue
Headwordschwenkte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃvɛŋktə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,688
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwenkte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schurz“ (#64,687), „Schwermut“ (#64,689), „Schulterblatt“ (#64,686). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwenkte“ bei #64,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwenkte is uncommon German at frequency #64,688 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃvɛŋktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schwenkte in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schwenkte, spelled S-C-H-W-E-N-K-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken

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 "schwenkte"?
"schwenkte" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-N-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɛŋktə].
What does "schwenkte" mean?
As a verb, "schwenkte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs schwenken
How do you pronounce "schwenkte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwenkte" is [ˈʃvɛŋktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwenkte" come from?
"schwenkte" 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 "schwenkte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schwermut#64,689separater#64,704sanierten#64,668Salzburgs#64,667

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list