Schwinger

[ˈʃvɪŋɐ]

/[ˈʃvɪŋɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schwinger” is uncommon German (frequency #70,794 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,794
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weit ausgeholter Schlag

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwinger · Schwinger · German

Schwinger · rank #70,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,794
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwindenden

Nearest frequency peer: schwindenden (-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 „Schwinger“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schwinger
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchwinger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃvɪŋɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,794
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwinger“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schwingerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwindenden“ (#70,793), „Schändung“ (#70,795), „Schweregrad“ (#70,792). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schwinger“ bei #70,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schwinger is uncommon German at frequency #70,794 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvɪŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schwinger, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schwinger, spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    weit ausgeholter Schlag
  2. 2
    Person, die die Sportart Schwingen betreibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schwinger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mit einem Schwinger brachte er seinen Gegner zum Fall.
  2. „Er schlug ihm kurze Gerade und gewaltige Schwinger um Kinn und Ohren, er pfefferte zwei wüste Herzhaken und einen grauenhaften Schlag auf den Solarplexus hinterher, und es schien ihm, als hörte er Ammers mit einem Ächzen zu Boden krachen.“

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 "Schwinger"?
"Schwinger" is spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃvɪŋɐ].
What does "Schwinger" mean?
As a noun, "Schwinger" means: weit ausgeholter Schlag
How do you pronounce "Schwinger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schwinger" is [ˈʃvɪŋɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schwinger" come from?
"Schwinger" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schändung#70,795schwebten#70,790Sitzbänke#70,805Schrauber#70,780

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list