Schwimmsport
[ˈʃvɪmˌʃpɔʁt]
The verdict
“Schwimmsport” 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) - Sammelbegriff für alle Aktivitäten, bei denen Schwimmen als sportliche Betätigung ausgeübt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwimmsport · Schwimmsport · German
Schwimmsport · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Schwimmsport |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɪmˌʃpɔʁt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwimmsport“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwimmsport is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɪmˌʃpɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sammelbegriff für alle Aktivitäten, bei denen Schwimmen als sportliche Betätigung ausgeübt wird".
Schwimmsport doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schwimmsport, spelled S-C-H-W-I-M-M-S-P-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Sammelbegriff für alle Aktivitäten, bei denen Schwimmen als sportliche Betätigung ausgeübt wird
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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.