Jagdmesser
[ˈjaːktˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Jagdmesser” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzes Messer, das sich zum Ausweiden von erlegtem Wild eignet
Corpus desk
Index DE-jagdmesser · Jagdmesser · German
Jagdmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | Jagdmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjaːktˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Jagdmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Jagdmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjaːktˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurzes Messer, das sich zum Ausweiden von erlegtem Wild eignet".
No misspelling variants are generated for Jagdmesser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Jagdmesser, spelled J-A-G-D-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1kurzes Messer, das sich zum Ausweiden von erlegtem Wild eignet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Jagdmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das entblösste Jagdmesser in der Linken, kam Danila schweigend angaloppiert und schlug mit der Hetzpeitsche wie mit einem Dreschflegel auf die gestrafften Flanken seines Braunen ein.“
„Nicht einmal Waffen hatte er mitgenommen, ein einfaches, kurzes Jagdmesser ausgenommen, das er unter der Weste, mit einem Bindfaden am Knopf seines Hosenträgers befestigt und eigentlich mehr zum Haus- und Feldgebrauch als zu Verteidigung bestimmt, bei sich führte.“
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.