sweat

[swɛt]

/[swɛt]/ noun

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The verdict

“sweat” is uncommon German (frequency #59,227 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,227
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus den Poren der Haut dringende Flüssigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-sweat · sweat · German

sweat · rank #59,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,227
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sudetenland

Nearest frequency peer: Sudetenland (-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 „sweat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sweat
PropertyValue
Headwordsweat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[swɛt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sweat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sweatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sudetenland“ (#59,226), „switches“ (#59,228), „sucre“ (#59,225). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sweat“ bei #59,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sweat is uncommon German at frequency #59,227 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [swɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sweat, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sweat, spelled S-W-E-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus den Poren der Haut dringende Flüssigkeit
  2. 2
    der Zustand zu schwitzen
  3. 3
    harte Arbeit
  4. 4
    Kleidung für Übungen im Sport

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sweat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.“

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 "sweat"?
"sweat" is spelled S-W-E-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [swɛt].
What does "sweat" mean?
As a noun, "sweat" means: aus den Poren der Haut dringende Flüssigkeit
How do you pronounce "sweat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sweat" is [swɛt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sweat" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sucre#59,225strap#59,219Tiefs#59,241types#59,255

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list