schrumpfen
\ˈʃʁʊmp͡fn̩\
The verdict
“schrumpfen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intransitif Diminuer, se contracter, se rétrécir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schrumpfen · schrumpfen · French
schrumpfen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schrumpfen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃʁʊmp͡fn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schrumpfen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schrumpfen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃʁʊmp͡fn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schrumpfen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is schrumpfen, spelled S-C-H-R-U-M-P-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1intransitif Diminuer, se contracter, se rétrécir.
- 2transitif Réduire, diminuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schrumpfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen der rückläufigen Geburten und relativ stabil bleibender Todesfälle bewegt sich China nach Expertenangaben auf ein Nullwachstum in der Entwicklung der Bevölkerung zu, die in ein paar Jahren dann voraussichtlich schrumpfen dürfte.
Besonders der sonst mächtige Jangtse-Fluss gibt derzeit ein klägliches Bild ab: Durch den ausbleibenden Regen ist er auf ein Bruchteil seiner Größe geschrumpft, beide Uferenden haben Sandbänke von der Breite mehrerer Fußballfelder freigelegt.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.