sweater

[swɛtə]

/[swɛtə]/ noun

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The verdict

“sweater” is uncommon German (frequency #67,759 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,759
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Oberkörper warm haltendes Kleidungsstück, in der Regel eine Strickware mit Ärmeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-sweater · sweater · German

sweater · rank #67,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,759
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sympathisches

Nearest frequency peer: sympathisches (+2 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 „sweater“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sweater
PropertyValue
Headwordsweater
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[swɛtə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sweater“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sweaterfällt 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: „sympathisches“ (#67,761), „südlichste“ (#67,763), „suchet“ (#67,754). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sweater“ bei #67,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sweater is uncommon German at frequency #67,759 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [swɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sweater in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sweater, spelled S-W-E-A-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Oberkörper warm haltendes Kleidungsstück, in der Regel eine Strickware mit Ärmeln
  2. 2
    viel fordernder und wenig zahlender Arbeitgeber

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 "sweater"?
"sweater" is spelled S-W-E-A-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [swɛtə].
What does "sweater" mean?
As a noun, "sweater" means: den Oberkörper warm haltendes Kleidungsstück, in der Regel eine Strickware mit Ärmeln
How do you pronounce "sweater"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sweater" is [swɛtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sweater" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

taumeln#67,769stemmte#67,738stalken#67,733tropfte#67,797

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list