totschweigen
[ˈtoːtˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“totschweigen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,223 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,223
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas absolut verschweigen, damit es nicht der Öffentlichkeit bekannt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-totschweigen · totschweigen · German
totschweigen · rank #82,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,223
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Totalität
Nearest frequency peer: Totalität (-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 „totschweigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- todernst
todernst
17,781 corpus weight
- torch
torch
17,780 corpus weight
- Totalität
Totalität
17,779 corpus weight
- totschweigen
totschweigen
17,778 corpus weight
- touristisch…
touristisches
17,777 corpus weight
- Trailern
Trailern
17,776 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „totschweigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | totschweigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtoːtˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „totschweigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
totschweigen is uncommon German at frequency #82,223 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtoːtˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas absolut verschweigen, damit es nicht der Öffentlichkeit bekannt wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for totschweigen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is totschweigen, spelled T-O-T-S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas absolut verschweigen, damit es nicht der Öffentlichkeit bekannt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how totschweigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den staatlichen russischen Medien wurden die Kundgebungen der Opposition vom Dienstag totgeschwiegen.“
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); 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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