Messerschmied
[ˈmɛsɐˌʃmiːt]
The verdict
“Messerschmied” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schmied, der auf die Herstellung und Reparatur von Messern spezialisiert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-messerschmied · Messerschmied · German
Messerschmied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Messerschmied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛsɐˌʃmiːt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Messerschmied“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Messerschmied is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛsɐˌʃmiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schmied, der auf die Herstellung und Reparatur von Messern spezialisiert ist".
Messerschmied has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Messerschmied, spelled M-E-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-M-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Schmied, der auf die Herstellung und Reparatur von Messern spezialisiert ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Messerschmied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Beruf des Messerschmieds ist heutzutage fast ausgestorben.
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.