schwermütig
[ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç]
The verdict
“schwermütig” is uncommon German (frequency #76,143 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,143
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - über eine Gemütsstimmung: von Nachdenklichkeit und Melancholie geprägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwermutig · schwermütig · German
schwermütig · rank #76,143 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,143
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schwiegervate…
Nearest frequency peer: Schwiegervaters (+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 „schwermütig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schriftstel…
Schriftstellerei
23,863 corpus weight
- Schutzsuche…
Schutzsuchende
23,862 corpus weight
- schwermütig
schwermütig
23,858 corpus weight
- Schwiegerva…
Schwiegervaters
23,857 corpus weight
- Schwitzkast…
Schwitzkasten
23,856 corpus weight
- Schäferhunde
Schäferhunde
23,854 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schwermütig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schwermütig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schwermütig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schwermütig is uncommon German at frequency #76,143 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌmyːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über eine Gemütsstimmung: von Nachdenklichkeit und Melancholie geprägt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for schwermütig in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwermütig, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-M-Ü-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1über eine Gemütsstimmung: von Nachdenklichkeit und Melancholie geprägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schwermütig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Tod seiner Frau wurde er schwermütig.
„Mit Anfang 20 entwickelte Sara B. (Name von der Redaktion geändert) eine schwere Depression. […] Alles war ihr plötzlich gleichgültig, sie war schwermütig und lustlos.“
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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.
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