Holzschuh
[ˈhɔlt͡sˌʃuː]
The verdict
“Holzschuh” 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) - Schuh, hergestellt aus Holz
Corpus desk
Index DE-holzschuh · Holzschuh · German
Holzschuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Holzschuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɔlt͡sˌʃuː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Holzschuh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Holzschuh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhɔlt͡sˌʃuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schuh, hergestellt aus Holz".
Holzschuh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Holzschuh, spelled H-O-L-Z-S-C-H-U-H.
Definition
- 1Schuh, hergestellt aus Holz
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Holzschuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das wenig einschmeichelnde Wort "Sabotage" kommt nämlich vom französischen "sabot" (Holzschuh des kleinen Bauern) und nach der Überlieferung setzten die in Revolutionszeiten von den "Seigneurs" gebeutelten Bauern ihre Holzschuhe - sie heißen auch heute noch sabots - als Protestwerkzeug ein, um mit ihrem ärmlichen Schuhwerk wegen zu hoher Steuern und Abga…
„Elisabeth zog ihre Holzschuhe aus, und der Sand unter ihren Füßen fühlte sich warm an.“
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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.