Fischmesser
[ˈfɪʃˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Fischmesser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haushalt / Gastronomie: Ein spezielles Messer, um Fisch zu essen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fischmesser · Fischmesser · German
Fischmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Fischmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪʃˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fischmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fischmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪʃˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haushalt / Gastronomie: Ein spezielles Messer, um Fisch zu essen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fischmesser, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fischmesser, spelled F-I-S-C-H-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Haushalt / Gastronomie: Ein spezielles Messer, um Fisch zu essen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fischmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Ein Fischmesser ist lang und dünn; mit dieser Form kann ein Fisch fast restlos von Gräten befreit bzw. ausgenommen werden. Die Klinge ist ca. 3 cm breit und 15 cm lang. Bedingt durch diese Klinge ist das Messer sehr elastisch, so dass auch an schwer zugänglichen Stellen am Fisch geschnitten werden kann. Die elastische Klinge erleichtert außerdem das Löse…
„Millar hob das Fischmesser behutsam unter die Gräte, half mit der Gabel nach und löste das ganze Skelett heraus, um es dann auf den Tellerrand zu tun.“
This word in other languages
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.