summ
[zʊm]
The verdict
“summ” is uncommon German (frequency #69,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,751
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten
Corpus desk
Index DE-summ · summ · German
summ · rank #69,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,751
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH subversive
Nearest frequency peer: subversive (-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 „summ“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stürmers
Stürmers
30,253 corpus weight
- Stützpunkten
Stützpunkten
30,252 corpus weight
- subversive
subversive
30,251 corpus weight
- summ
summ
30,250 corpus weight
- Suren
Suren
30,249 corpus weight
- Taiwans
Taiwans
30,246 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „summ“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | summ |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [zʊm] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „summ“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
summ is uncommon German at frequency #69,751 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [zʊm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for summ, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is summ, spelled S-U-M-M.
Definition
- 1summ ist ein besonderer Tierlaut der Fluginsekten
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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