Schalmei
[ʃalˈmaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Schalmei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oberbegriff für alle Blasinstrumente mit einfachem und doppeltem Rohrblatt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schalmei · Schalmei · German
Schalmei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Schalmei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃalˈmaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schalmei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schalmei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃalˈmaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schalmei, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schalmei, spelled S-C-H-A-L-M-E-I.
Definition
- 1Oberbegriff für alle Blasinstrumente mit einfachem und doppeltem Rohrblatt
- 2mittelalterliches Blasinstrument mit doppeltem Rohrblatt und sechs bis sieben Grifflöchern
- 3ein Blechblasinstrument mit mehreren Schallröhren
- 4Zungenregister einer Orgel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schalmei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Und in der Morgenfrühe des darauffolgenden Tages wurden die Trommeln gerührt, ward in Schalmeien, Hörner und Posaunen gestoßen, und man brach auf, um gegen den Feind zu kämpfen.“
„Die Schalmei war das Lieblingsinstrument der Hirten. Der pastorale Charakter haftet auch den den aus der Schalmei entwickelten Instrumenten - z.B. der Oboe - und den für sie geschriebenen Tonstücken 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.