Schnappmesser
[ˈʃnapˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Schnappmesser” 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) - Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnappmesser · Schnappmesser · German
Schnappmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Schnappmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnapˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnappmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnappmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnapˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schnappmesser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schnappmesser, spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-P-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnappmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er trug ein kleines Tonbandgerät über der kugelsicheren Weste. In der Tasche hatte er einen Beutel Heroin, ein Schnappmesser, eine 9mm Automatik.“
„Ich ging wieder in die Bar, hob das Schnappmesser auf, steckte es ein, setzte mich auf meinen Barhocker und bestellte noch einen Drink.“
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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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.