Schnake
[ˈʃnaːkə]
The verdict
“Schnake” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht stechendes Insekt aus der Familie der Tipulidae
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnake · Schnake · German
Schnake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Schnake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnaːkə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnake is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schnake in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnake, spelled S-C-H-N-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1nicht stechendes Insekt aus der Familie der Tipulidae
- 2(in vielen Arten vorkommende) sich insbesondere in stehenden Gewässern entwickelnde dünnleibige, langbeinige Mücke mit Fühlern und Stechrüssel (Culicidae), deren Männchen Pflanzensaft und deren Weibchen Tier- und Menschenblut saugen, wodurch oft gefährliche Krankheiten übertragen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vor Schnaken habe ich keine Angst, weil die nicht stechen.
In Ketsch auf der Insel zwischen Rhein und dem Altarm kann man gar im Sommer nicht schnell genug mit den Händen schlagen, um die blutlüsternen Schnaken zu vertreiben.
Synonyms
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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.