Sümmchen
[ˈzʏmçən]
The verdict
“Sümmchen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,691 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,691
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein meist größerer Geldbetrag
Corpus desk
Index DE-summchen · Sümmchen · German
Sümmchen · rank #93,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,691
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Südwestdeutsc…
Nearest frequency peer: Südwestdeutschland (-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 „Sümmchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- südländisch…
südländisches
6,314 corpus weight
- Südostasiens
Südostasiens
6,313 corpus weight
- Südwestdeut…
Südwestdeutschland
6,311 corpus weight
- Sümmchen
Sümmchen
6,310 corpus weight
- Sündenböcke
Sündenböcke
6,309 corpus weight
- tagenden
tagenden
6,307 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sümmchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sümmchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzʏmçən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sümmchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sümmchen is uncommon German at frequency #93,691 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzʏmçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein meist größerer Geldbetrag".
Sümmchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Sümmchen, spelled S-Ü-M-M-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein meist größerer Geldbetrag
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sümmchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Spendensammlung ist dann doch ein ansehnliches Sümmchen zusammengekommen.
„Das Angebot war verlockend, nicht nur dank eines schönen Sümmchens, das er bekommen würde, sondern auch deshalb, weil er so vor der Neugier der Leute geschützt war.“
Synonyms
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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