sima

Name: sima, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈʃimɒ]

/[ˈʃimɒ]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sima” is uncommon German (frequency #69,701 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,701
frequency rank, German: 8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eben

Corpus desk

Index DE-sima · sima · German

sima · rank #69,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #69,701
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,027
PHOTO-FINISH skeleton

Nearest frequency peer: skeleton (+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.

Siebenjähri…

30,305
Siebold

30,304
Siegels

30,303
sima

30,300
skeleton

30,299
Skilanglauf

30,297

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

Key facts for sima
Property	Value
Headword	sima
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃimɒ]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#69,701
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sima“ im Deutschen

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

#69,701

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „skeleton“ (#69,702), „Siegels“ (#69,698), „Skilanglauf“ (#69,704). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sima“ bei #69,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sima is uncommon German at frequency #69,701 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃimɒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sima, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sima, spelled S-I-M-A.

Definition

1
eben
2
glatt

Antonyms

hullámos

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 "sima"?

"sima" is spelled S-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃimɒ].

What does "sima" mean?

As an adjective, "sima" means: eben

How do you pronounce "sima"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sima" is [ˈʃimɒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sima" come from?

"sima" 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 "sima", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Seim#69,685 spas#69,720 summ#69,751 Taro#69,760