Schwingel
[ˈʃvɪŋl̩]
The verdict
“Schwingel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gräser der Gattung Festuca aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwingel · Schwingel · German
Schwingel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Schwingel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvɪŋl̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwingel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwingel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɪŋl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gräser der Gattung Festuca aus der Familie der Süßgräser".
Schwingel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwingel, spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Gräser der Gattung Festuca aus der Familie der Süßgräser
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schwingel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schwingel sind beliebte Gräser für Rasenflächen.
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.