Schnapsidee
[ˈʃnapsʔiˌdeː]
The verdict
“Schnapsidee” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,666 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,666
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Idee, die verrückt klingt oder die zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Entstehung (vielleicht, aber nicht zwingend unter Einfluss bewusstseinsbeeinflussender Mittel/Drogen wie Alkohol) gut/klug erschien, sich aber...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnapsidee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnapsʔiˌdeː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schnapsidee” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Schnapsidee is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnapsʔiˌdeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,666 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Idee, die verrückt klingt oder die zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Entstehung (vielleicht, aber nicht zwingend unter Einfluss bewusstseinsbeeinflussender Mittel/Drogen wie Alkohol) gut/klug erschien, sich aber...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schnapsidee, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schnapsidee, spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-S-I-D-E-E.
Definition
- 1Idee, die verrückt klingt oder die zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Entstehung (vielleicht, aber nicht zwingend unter Einfluss bewusstseinsbeeinflussender Mittel/Drogen wie Alkohol) gut/klug erschien, sich aber später als schlecht/dumm herausstellt
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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.
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Using “Schnapsidee”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-A-P-S-I-D-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃnapsʔiˌdeː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.