Schwerelosigkeit

[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]

/[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]/ noun

The verdict

“Schwerelosigkeit” is uncommon German (frequency #50,035 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,035
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand, in dem entweder keine Schwerkraft wirkt oder deren Auswirkung nicht zu spüren ist (zum Beispiel im freien Fall)

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwerelosigkeit · Schwerelosigkeit · German

Schwerelosigkeit · rank #50,035 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,035
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwellungen

Nearest frequency peer: Schwellungen (-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 „Schwerelosigkeit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwerelosigkeit
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwerelosigkeit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
Letters16
Frequency rank#50,035
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwerelosigkeit“ im Deutschen

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

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

Schwerelosigkeit is uncommon German at frequency #50,035 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Schwerelosigkeit in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Schwerelosigkeit, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zustand, in dem entweder keine Schwerkraft wirkt oder deren Auswirkung nicht zu spüren ist (zum Beispiel im freien Fall)
  2. 2
    innere Ruhe, Unbeschwertheit

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Als Fallturm bezeichnet man einen Turm, in dem zum Zweck der Erzeugung kurzzeitiger Schwerelosigkeit (bis etwa 10 Sekunden Dauer) Fallversuche durchgeführt werden.“
  2. „In der Schwerelosigkeit beziehungsweise bei einer Abwesenheit äußerer Kräfte nehmen Flüssigkeiten aufgrund ihrer Oberflächenspannung eine kugelförmige Gestalt an, da diese Form die Oberfläche minimiert.“

Synonyms

Gewichtslosigkeit

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Schwerelosigkeit"?
"Schwerelosigkeit" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t].
What does "Schwerelosigkeit" mean?
As a noun, "Schwerelosigkeit" means: Zustand, in dem entweder keine Schwerkraft wirkt oder deren Auswirkung nicht zu spüren ist (zum Beispiel im freien Fall)
How do you pronounce "Schwerelosigkeit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwerelosigkeit" is [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwerelosigkeit" come from?
"Schwerelosigkeit" 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 "Schwerelosigkeit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list