silbern

[ˈzɪlbɐn]

/[ˈzɪlbɐn]/ adj

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The verdict

“silbern” is uncommon German (frequency #50,055 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,055
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-silbern · silbern · German

silbern · rank #50,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,055
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Silbermünzen

Nearest frequency peer: Silbermünzen (-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 „silbern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for silbern
PropertyValue
Headwordsilbern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɪlbɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,055
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „silbern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).silbernfällt 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: „Silbermünzen“ (#50,054), „Sinneswandel“ (#50,056), „sinnloser“ (#50,057). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „silbern“ bei #50,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

silbern is uncommon German at frequency #50,055 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪlbɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for silbern in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 silbern, spelled S-I-L-B-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus Silber bestehend/gemacht
  2. 2
    wie Silber (weiß glänzend, schimmernd)
  3. 3
    hoch, hell vom Ton, dabei schön anzuhören

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die silberne Kaffeekanne ist umgefallen und hat ihren Inhalt über das Tischtuch ergossen und einen Frühstücksteller zerschlagen.“
  2. „Eine Träne fällt auf die silbernen Felgen.“

Synonyms

silbrig

This word in other languages

silvern(English)prateado(Português)

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

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

Same letter count

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

Siegern#50,052Servers#50,044schnack#50,026schlaff#50,024

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list