Purpurschnecke
German, noun[ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʃnɛkə]
Purpurschnecke is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpurschnecke is a German feminine noun meaning “A marine gastropod mollusk, banded dye-murex, Hexaplex trunculus, Murex trunculus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schnecke, die den Farbstoff Purpur produziert”.
What does Purpurschnecke mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA marine gastropod mollusk, banded dye-murex, Hexaplex trunculus, Murex trunculus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schnecke, die den Farbstoff Purpur produziert 2. speziell eine Schnecke der Art Hexaplex trunculus
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Purpurschnecke
- Purpurschnecken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Purpurschnecke?
- [ˈpʊʁpʊʁˌʃnɛkə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Purpurschnecke in German?
Purpurschnecke appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).