seiden

[ˈzaɪ̯dn̩]

/[ˈzaɪ̯dn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“seiden” is uncommon German (frequency #64,698 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,698
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Seide bestehend oder gemacht

Corpus desk

Index DE-seiden · seiden · German

seiden · rank #64,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,698
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Selbstbedienu…

Nearest frequency peer: Selbstbedienung (+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 „seiden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for seiden
PropertyValue
Headwordseiden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯dn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „seiden“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).seidenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Selbstbedienung“ (#64,699), „seco“ (#64,696), „selbstgefällig“ (#64,700). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „seiden“ bei #64,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

seiden is uncommon German at frequency #64,698 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

seiden has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is seiden, spelled S-E-I-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Seide bestehend oder gemacht
  2. 2
    wie Seide glänzend

Synonyms

seidig

This word in other languages

silk(English)

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 "seiden"?
"seiden" is spelled S-E-I-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯dn̩].
What does "seiden" mean?
As an adjective, "seiden" means: aus Seide bestehend oder gemacht
How do you pronounce "seiden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seiden" is [ˈzaɪ̯dn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seiden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Schurz#64,687salute#64,666Stiele#64,739Stolle#64,743

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list