verschwimmt

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt]/ verb

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The verdict

“verschwimmt” is uncommon German (frequency #74,136 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,136
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwimmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-verschwimmt · verschwimmt · German

verschwimmt · rank #74,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,136
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verschraubt

Nearest frequency peer: verschraubt (-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 „verschwimmt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verschwimmt
PropertyValue
Headwordverschwimmt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#74,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verschwimmt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).verschwimmtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verschraubt“ (#74,135), „versiegelte“ (#74,137), „verschiedenartige“ (#74,134). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verschwimmt“ bei #74,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verschwimmt is uncommon German at frequency #74,136 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

verschwimmt has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is verschwimmt, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-M-M-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwimmen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwimmen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwimmen

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 "verschwimmt"?
"verschwimmt" is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-W-I-M-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt].
What does "verschwimmt" mean?
As a verb, "verschwimmt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs verschwimmen
How do you pronounce "verschwimmt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verschwimmt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪmt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verschwimmt" come from?
"verschwimmt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verschraubt#74,135versiegelte#74,137verschanzen#74,133verändertem#74,147

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list