sehnte

[ˈzeːntə]

/[ˈzeːntə]/ verb

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The verdict

“sehnte” is uncommon German (frequency #54,878 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,878
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sehnte · sehnte · German

sehnte · rank #54,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,878
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Segnung

Nearest frequency peer: Segnung (-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 „sehnte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sehnte
PropertyValue
Headwordsehnte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzeːntə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,878
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sehnte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Segnung“ (#54,877), „selektiert“ (#54,879), „selling“ (#54,880). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sehnte“ bei #54,878. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sehnte is uncommon German at frequency #54,878 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzeːntə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

sehnte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 sehnte, spelled S-E-H-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen

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 "sehnte"?
"sehnte" is spelled S-E-H-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːntə].
What does "sehnte" mean?
As a verb, "sehnte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs sehnen
How do you pronounce "sehnte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sehnte" is [ˈzeːntə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sehnte" come from?
"sehnte" 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 "sehnte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

smiths#54,890schmäh#54,864Sorben#54,896sprüht#54,905

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list