Schwerkranke

[ˈʃveːɐˌkʁaŋkə]

/[ˈʃveːɐˌkʁaŋkə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwerkranke” is uncommon German (frequency #67,684 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,684
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs Schwerkranker

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwerkranke · Schwerkranke · German

Schwerkranke · rank #67,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,684
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwerster

Nearest frequency peer: schwerster (+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 „Schwerkranke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwerkranke
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwerkranke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃveːɐˌkʁaŋkə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,684
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwerkranke“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Schwerkrankefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwerster“ (#67,685), „schwungvolle“ (#67,686), „schwedisches“ (#67,681). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwerkranke“ bei #67,684. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwerkranke is uncommon German at frequency #67,684 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːɐˌkʁaŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Schwerkranke has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwerkranke, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-K-R-A-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs Schwerkranker
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Plural der starken Deklination des Substantivs Schwerkranker
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Schwerkranker

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

Same letter count

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

schwungvolle#67,686schwäbisches#67,687schwedisches#67,681Schlittschuh#67,662

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list