Schießgewehr
[ˈʃiːsɡəˌveːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Schießgewehr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schusswaffe ab 30 cm Gesamtlänge
Corpus desk
Index DE-schie-gewehr · Schießgewehr · German
Schießgewehr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Schießgewehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃiːsɡəˌveːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schießgewehr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schießgewehr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃiːsɡəˌveːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schusswaffe ab 30 cm Gesamtlänge".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schießgewehr, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 Schießgewehr, spelled S-C-H-I-E-S-S-G-E-W-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Schusswaffe ab 30 cm Gesamtlänge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schießgewehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er saß so gut zu Pferde wie die Peerhobstler selber, und mit der Zeit lernte er auch mit dem Schießgewehr umzugehen wie ein gelernter Jäger, und manchen Braten brachte er aus dem Busche mit.“
„Der Assistent schloß das Fenster und legte sich wieder schlafen, und der Junker hatte kein Schießgewehr.“
Synonyms
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.