Schnaufer
[ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ]
The verdict
“Schnaufer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hörbarer einzelner Vorgang des Ein- oder Ausatmens
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnaufer · Schnaufer · German
Schnaufer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Schnaufer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnaufer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnaufer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Schnaufer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnaufer, spelled S-C-H-N-A-U-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1hörbarer einzelner Vorgang des Ein- oder Ausatmens
- 2kindischer, unreifer Junge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnaufer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dann war von Beppo noch ein kleiner Schnaufer zu hören, und zwei Minuten später war er tief eingeschlafen.
Das war so ein junger Schnaufer, keine zwanzig, würde ich sagen.
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.