Sparschwein
[ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Sparschwein” is uncommon German (frequency #56,539 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,539
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hohles Gefäß in Form eines Schweins, das besonders von Kindern zum Aufbewahren und Sparen von Geld verwendet wird. Das Geld wird durch einen Schlitz eingeworfen.
Corpus desk
Index DE-sparschwein · Sparschwein · German
Sparschwein · rank #56,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,539
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sow
Nearest frequency peer: sow (-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 „Sparschwein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sono
sono
43,465 corpus weight
- sow
sow
43,463 corpus weight
- Sparschwein
Sparschwein
43,462 corpus weight
- Spediteur
Spediteur
43,461 corpus weight
- Speisewagen
Speisewagen
43,460 corpus weight
- Spielaufbau
Spielaufbau
43,458 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sparschwein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sparschwein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sparschwein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sparschwein is uncommon German at frequency #56,539 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpaːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hohles Gefäß in Form eines Schweins, das besonders von Kindern zum Aufbewahren und Sparen von Geld verwendet wird. Das Geld wird durch einen Schlitz eingeworfen.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sparschwein in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sparschwein, spelled S-P-A-R-S-C-H-W-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1hohles Gefäß in Form eines Schweins, das besonders von Kindern zum Aufbewahren und Sparen von Geld verwendet wird. Das Geld wird durch einen Schlitz eingeworfen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sparschwein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fast jedes Kind besitzt ein Sparschwein.
„Kein Wunder also, dass man hierzulande die Erfindung des Sparschweins stolz für sich reklamiert.“
This word in other languages
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.
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