Beutelschneider
German, noun/ˈbɔʏ̯təlʃnaɪ̯dɐ/
Beutelschneider is spelled B-E-U-T-E-L-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beutelschneider is a German masculine noun meaning “thief, pickpocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Taschendieb (eigentlich derjenige, der einem den Geldbeutel vom Gürtel abschneidet)”.
What does Beutelschneider mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinethief, pickpocket
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Taschendieb (eigentlich derjenige, der einem den Geldbeutel vom Gürtel abschneidet) 2. Wucherer, der übertriebene Preise für seine Ware oder seine Dienstleistungen nimmt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Beutelschneider
- Beutelschneiders genitive
- Beutelschneidern dative definite plural
- Beutelschneiderin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beutelschneider?
- /ˈbɔʏ̯təlʃnaɪ̯dɐ/
- [ˈbɔɪ̯tl̩ˌʃnaɪ̯dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beutelschneider in German?
Beutelschneider appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).