Schneeblindheit
German, noun/ˈʃneːˌblɪnthaɪ̯t/
Schneeblindheit is spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-B-L-I-N-D-H-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schneeblindheit is a German feminine noun meaning “snow blindness, photokeratitis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmerzhafte Augenreaktion, wenn die Augen ungeschützt dem vom Schnee reflektierten Licht ausgesetzt sind”.
What does Schneeblindheit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesnow blindness, photokeratitis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schmerzhafte Augenreaktion, wenn die Augen ungeschützt dem vom Schnee reflektierten Licht ausgesetzt sind
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Schneeblindheit?
- /ˈʃneːˌblɪnthaɪ̯t/
- [ˈʃneːˌblɪnthaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schneeblindheit in German?
Schneeblindheit appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).