schwierigem

[ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm]

/[ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm]/ adj

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The verdict

“schwierigem” is uncommon German (frequency #88,264 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,264
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwierigem · schwierigem · German

schwierigem · rank #88,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,264
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwelgt

Nearest frequency peer: schwelgt (-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 „schwierigem“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwierigem
PropertyValue
Headwordschwierigem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm]
Letters11
Frequency rank#88,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwierigem“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schwierigemfällt 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: „schwelgt“ (#88,263), „schwätzen“ (#88,265), „Schutzanzug“ (#88,261). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwierigem“ bei #88,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwierigem is uncommon German at frequency #88,264 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for schwierigem in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schwierigem, spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig

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 "schwierigem"?
"schwierigem" is spelled S-C-H-W-I-E-R-I-G-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm].
What does "schwierigem" mean?
As an adjective, "schwierigem" means: Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schwierig
How do you pronounce "schwierigem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwierigem" is [ˈʃviːʁɪɡəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwierigem", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schutzanzug#88,261sechzehnten#88,269schnorcheln#88,258Schlafender#88,249

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list