subside
[səbˈsaɪd]
The verdict
“subside” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich senken, sich legen, sinken, sich zu Boden setzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-subside · subside · German
subside · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subside |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [səbˈsaɪd] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „subside“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
subside is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [səbˈsaɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
subside doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is subside, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1sich senken, sich legen, sinken, sich zu Boden setzen
- 2sich vermindern, nachlassen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.