Altschnee
[ˈaltʃneː]
The verdict
“Altschnee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mindestens seit drei Tagen gefallener Schnee
Corpus desk
Index DE-altschnee · Altschnee · German
Altschnee · 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 "A" 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 | Altschnee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaltʃneː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Altschnee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Altschnee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaltʃneː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mindestens seit drei Tagen gefallener Schnee".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Altschnee, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Altschnee, spelled A-L-T-S-C-H-N-E-E.
Definition
- 1mindestens seit drei Tagen gefallener Schnee
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Altschnee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf den Straßen liegt viel Altschnee.
Synonyms
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.