Schmeißfliege
[ˈʃmaɪ̯sˌfliːɡə]
The verdict
“Schmeißfliege” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fliege mit grünlich bis bläulich glänzendem Rücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmei-fliege · Schmeißfliege · German
Schmeißfliege · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Schmeißfliege |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmaɪ̯sˌfliːɡə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmeißfliege“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmeißfliege is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmaɪ̯sˌfliːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fliege mit grünlich bis bläulich glänzendem Rücken".
Schmeißfliege has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schmeißfliege, spelled S-C-H-M-E-I-S-S-F-L-I-E-G-E.
Definition
- 1Fliege mit grünlich bis bläulich glänzendem Rücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schmeißfliege appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Darin steckte ein Paar gelb gewordener Strümpfe, auf die sich keine Schmeißfliege mehr niedergelassen hätte, und die schon Geruch ausströmten, ohne Fußspitze und Ferse, steigbügelähnlich.“
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.