Simmern

[ˈzɪmɐn]

/[ˈzɪmɐn]/ name

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The verdict

“Simmern” is uncommon German (frequency #54,884 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,884
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-simmern · Simmern · German

Simmern · rank #54,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,884
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Singstimme

Nearest frequency peer: Singstimme (+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 „Simmern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Simmern
PropertyValue
HeadwordSimmern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈzɪmɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Simmern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Simmernfällt 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: „Singstimme“ (#54,885), „sitting“ (#54,886), „sensibles“ (#54,881). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Simmern“ bei #54,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Simmern is uncommon German at frequency #54,884 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈzɪmɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Simmern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Simmern, spelled S-I-M-M-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
  2. 2
    eine Ortsgemeinde in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
  3. 3
    Ortsteil von Hobscheid, Luxemburg

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Simmern liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.
  2. Simmern liegt in Luxemburgs Westen.

This word in other languages

Septfontaines(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 "Simmern"?
"Simmern" is spelled S-I-M-M-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪmɐn].
What does "Simmern" mean?
As a proper noun, "Simmern" means: eine Stadt in Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Simmern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Simmern" is [ˈzɪmɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Simmern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sitting#54,886selling#54,880smarten#54,889Segnung#54,877

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list