Damenschneider
[ˈdaːmənˌʃnaɪ̯dɐ]
The verdict
“Damenschneider” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der beruflich Kleidung für Frauen anfertigt oder ändert
Corpus desk
Index DE-damenschneider · Damenschneider · German
Damenschneider · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Damenschneider |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaːmənˌʃnaɪ̯dɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Damenschneider“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Damenschneider is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaːmənˌʃnaɪ̯dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der beruflich Kleidung für Frauen anfertigt oder ändert".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Damenschneider, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Damenschneider, spelled D-A-M-E-N-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der beruflich Kleidung für Frauen anfertigt oder ändert
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Damenschneider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Mailand verbrachten wir vierzehn Tage, in denen wir uns nur mit uns selbst beschäftigten, ohne je auszugehen oder von jemandem besucht zu werden, außer einem Herrenschneider, der mir einen Rock machte, und einem Damenschneider, der ihr zwei Winterkleider anfertigte.“
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.