Schweigen
\ˈʃvaɪ.ɡən\
The verdict
“Schweigen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schweigen · Schweigen · French
Schweigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schweigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈʃvaɪ.ɡən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Schweigen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Schweigen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈʃvaɪ.ɡən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Silence.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schweigen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Schweigen, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Silence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schweigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie kam zurück, setzte sich mir wieder gegenüber und fragte mit vollkommen verändertem, sehr direktem Ton: »Haben Sie schon mal an die Kanaren gedacht?« Angesichts meines Schweigens meinte sie mit dem Lächeln des Profis: »Die Leute denken selten an die Kanaren … Eine Inselgruppe vor der afrikanischen Küste, vom Passatwind und dem Kanarenstrom beeinflusst;…
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.