Schnapsbruder
[ˈʃnapsˌbʁuːdɐ]
The verdict
“Schnapsbruder” 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) - Person, die viel Alkohol trinkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnapsbruder · Schnapsbruder · German
Schnapsbruder · 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 | Schnapsbruder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnapsˌbʁuːdɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnapsbruder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnapsbruder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnapsˌbʁuːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die viel Alkohol trinkt".
Schnapsbruder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schnapsbruder, spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-S-B-R-U-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die viel Alkohol trinkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schnapsbruder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vorn auf der Straße wankte ein älterer Schnapsbruder daher, er schlingerte an einer Mauer entlang wie eine mechanische Spielzeugente.“
Synonyms
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.