Schwertlilie
[ˈʃveːɐ̯tˌliːli̯ə]
The verdict
“Schwertlilie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Iris aus der Familie der Schwertliliengewächse, beliebte Zierpflanze
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwertlilie · Schwertlilie · German
Schwertlilie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwertlilie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃveːɐ̯tˌliːli̯ə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwertlilie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwertlilie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃveːɐ̯tˌliːli̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Iris aus der Familie der Schwertliliengewächse, beliebte Zierpflanze".
Schwertlilie has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Schwertlilie, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-T-L-I-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Iris aus der Familie der Schwertliliengewächse, beliebte Zierpflanze
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwertlilie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In alten Bauerngärten gehören Schwertlilien zum Standardinventar.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.