sickern

[ˈzɪkɐn]

/[ˈzɪkɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“sickern” is uncommon German (frequency #99,091 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,091
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langsam, in dünnen Rinnsalen, oder tropfenweise fließen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sickern · sickern · German

sickern · rank #99,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,091
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Siebenbürgens

Nearest frequency peer: Siebenbürgens (+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 „sickern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sickern
PropertyValue
Headwordsickern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzɪkɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#99,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sickern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Siebenbürgens“ (#99,092), „Sicherheitsbehörde“ (#99,089), „simultane“ (#99,093). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sickern“ bei #99,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sickern is uncommon German at frequency #99,091 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzɪkɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sickern, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sickern, spelled S-I-C-K-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    langsam, in dünnen Rinnsalen, oder tropfenweise fließen
  2. 2
    sich langsam verbreiten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Überschüssiges Wasser sickert in den Boden.
  2. Der geheime Vertrag war in die Presse gesickert.

Synonyms

rieselndringendurchdringen

This word in other languages

ooze(English)suinter(Français)

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 "sickern"?
"sickern" is spelled S-I-C-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪkɐn].
What does "sickern" mean?
As a verb, "sickern" means: langsam, in dünnen Rinnsalen, oder tropfenweise fließen
How do you pronounce "sickern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sickern" is [ˈzɪkɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sickern" come from?
"sickern" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwant#99,070Schuppe#99,068Spässen#99,118Schorle#99,059

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list