Schiffsmühle
[ˈʃɪfsˌmyːlə]
The verdict
“Schiffsmühle” 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) - Wassermühle in schwimmender Bauart
Corpus desk
Index DE-schiffsmuhle · Schiffsmühle · German
Schiffsmühle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Schiffsmühle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪfsˌmyːlə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schiffsmühle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schiffsmühle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪfsˌmyːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wassermühle in schwimmender Bauart".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schiffsmühle in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schiffsmühle, spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-M-Ü-H-L-E.
Definition
- 1Wassermühle in schwimmender Bauart
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schiffsmühle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei den Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten blieben Schiffsmühlen jedoch historisch gesehen stets weit hinter den an Bächen und künstlichen Kanälen betriebenen Landmühlen zurück.“
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.