scheute

[ˈʃɔɪ̯tə]

/[ˈʃɔɪ̯tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“scheute” is uncommon German (frequency #51,654 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,654
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs scheuen

Corpus desk

Index DE-scheute · scheute · German

scheute · rank #51,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,654
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schlappen

Nearest frequency peer: Schlappen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „scheute“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „scheute“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scheute
PropertyValue
Headwordscheute
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɔɪ̯tə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „scheute“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).scheutefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schlappen“ (#51,655), „Schleiden“ (#51,656), „Schadstoffen“ (#51,651). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „scheute“ bei #51,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scheute is uncommon German at frequency #51,654 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɔɪ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for scheute, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 scheute, spelled S-C-H-E-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs scheuen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs scheuen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv II des Verbs scheuen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv II des Verbs scheuen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scheute"?
"scheute" is spelled S-C-H-E-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɔɪ̯tə].
What does "scheute" mean?
As a verb, "scheute" means: 1. Person Singular Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs scheuen
How do you pronounce "scheute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scheute" is [ˈʃɔɪ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scheute" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scheute", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schockt#51,662Rätsels#51,640Seeufer#51,673Ritalin#51,634

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list