Schirmmütze

[ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə]

/[ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə]/ noun

The verdict

“Schirmmütze” is uncommon German (frequency #89,525 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,525
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kopfbedeckung mit einer flachen Erweiterung, welche vor Sonnenlicht schützen soll

Corpus desk

Index DE-schirmmutze · Schirmmütze · German

Schirmmütze · rank #89,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,525
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schildere

Nearest frequency peer: schildere (-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 „Schirmmütze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schirmmütze
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchirmmütze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,525
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schirmmütze“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schildere“ (#89,524), „Schlangenlinien“ (#89,526), „Schenefeld“ (#89,523). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schirmmütze“ bei #89,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schirmmütze is uncommon German at frequency #89,525 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kopfbedeckung mit einer flachen Erweiterung, welche vor Sonnenlicht schützen soll".

Schirmmütze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schirmmütze, spelled S-C-H-I-R-M-M-Ü-T-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kopfbedeckung mit einer flachen Erweiterung, welche vor Sonnenlicht schützen soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schirmmütze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Schirmmütze. ‚Ja, die Schirmmütze ist schon irgendwie mein Markenzeichen‘, gibt Frank Anacker zu.“
  2. „Ab 30 Grad darf auf die Schirmmütze verzichtet werden, so hat es der Präsident der Bundespolizei bestimmt.“

Synonyms

SchirmkappeDächlikappe

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); 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 "Schirmmütze"?
"Schirmmütze" is spelled S-C-H-I-R-M-M-Ü-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə].
What does "Schirmmütze" mean?
As a noun, "Schirmmütze" means: Kopfbedeckung mit einer flachen Erweiterung, welche vor Sonnenlicht schützen soll
How do you pronounce "Schirmmütze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schirmmütze" is [ˈʃɪʁmˌmʏt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schirmmütze" come from?
"Schirmmütze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list