siem

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The verdict

“siem” is uncommon German (frequency #64,712 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,712
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - archaisch: 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

Corpus desk

Index DE-siem · siem · German

siem · rank #64,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,712
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sittliche

Nearest frequency peer: sittliche (+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 „siem“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for siem
PropertyValue
Headwordsiem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#64,712
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „siem“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.siemfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sittliche“ (#64,713), „sitzenbleiben“ (#64,714), „Sicherheitskontrollen“ (#64,709). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „siem“ bei #64,712. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

siem is uncommon German at frequency #64,712 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "archaisch: 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse".

No generated misspelling entries exist for siem in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is siem, spelled S-I-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    archaisch: 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse

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 "siem"?
"siem" is spelled S-I-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "siem" mean?
As a verb, "siem" means: archaisch: 1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs esse
How do you pronounce "siem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siem" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siem" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seco#64,696sade#64,665rike#64,650thou#64,779

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list