Schinder
[ˈʃɪndɐ]
The verdict
“Schinder” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Person, die altersschwache oder kranke Haustiere und Vieh wegschafft oder tötet, diese nach der Verendung verwertet und die Reste beseitigt, sowie darüber hinaus freilaufende Hunde einfängt un...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schinder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɪndɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schinder” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schinder is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃɪndɐ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schinder, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schinder, spelled S-C-H-I-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine Person, die altersschwache oder kranke Haustiere und Vieh wegschafft oder tötet, diese nach der Verendung verwertet und die Reste beseitigt, sowie darüber hinaus freilaufende Hunde einfängt und Abfallgruben, Abfallhaufen und Kloaken reinigt
- 2eine Person, die Menschen quält, misshandelt oder ausbeutet
- 3minderwertiges Pferd
- 4Hobel zur Bearbeitung von Holz, insbesondere zum Bearbeiten stark geschwungener Formen
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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.
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Using “Schinder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-I-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɪndɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.