sühnen
[ˈzyːnən]
The verdict
“sühnen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - begangenes Unrecht wiedergutmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-suhnen · sühnen · German
sühnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | sühnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈzyːnən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sühnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sühnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzyːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "begangenes Unrecht wiedergutmachen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sühnen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sühnen, spelled S-Ü-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1begangenes Unrecht wiedergutmachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sühnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sühnte mit seinem Leben.
Der Zweck einer Ordnungsstrafe liegt nicht darin, eine begangene Pflichtverletzung zu sühnen, sondern (bloß) die Erfüllung der Amtspflichten zu sichern.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.