Schafhirte
[ˈʃaːfˌhɪʁtə]
The verdict
“Schafhirte” 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) - Person, die eine Schafherde hütet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schafhirte · Schafhirte · German
Schafhirte · 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 "S" 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 | Schafhirte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːfˌhɪʁtə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schafhirte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schafhirte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃaːfˌhɪʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die eine Schafherde hütet".
Schafhirte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Schafhirte, spelled S-C-H-A-F-H-I-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Person, die eine Schafherde hütet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schafhirte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So kann man etwa ein Schäferstündchen im Altmühltal buchen - eine Tageswanderung, begleitet von Schafhirten und ihren Herden.“
„Da fange ich an, den Schafhirten herabzusetzen und mich über seine Mütze lustig zu machen.“
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.