spinning

[spɪnɪŋ]

/[spɪnɪŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“spinning” is uncommon German (frequency #52,447 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,447
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs spin

Corpus desk

Index DE-spinning · spinning · German

spinning · rank #52,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,447
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spindel

Nearest frequency peer: Spindel (-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 „spinning“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spinning
PropertyValue
Headwordspinning
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[spɪnɪŋ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,447
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spinning“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).spinningfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spindel“ (#52,446), „sponsored“ (#52,448), „Spielwiese“ (#52,445). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spinning“ bei #52,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spinning is uncommon German at frequency #52,447 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [spɪnɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs spin".

spinning doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 spinning, spelled S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs spin

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 "spinning"?
"spinning" is spelled S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [spɪnɪŋ].
What does "spinning" mean?
As a verb, "spinning" means: Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs spin
How do you pronounce "spinning"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spinning" is [spɪnɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spinning" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stricker#52,463Schwedin#52,407Tiefland#52,490Tillmann#52,492

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list