Schneehuhn
[ˈʃneːˌhuːn]
The verdict
“Schneehuhn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Hühnervogel, der vor allem in Nordamerika, im nördlichen Teil Eurasiens sowie im Hochgebirge und Tundra Eurasiens lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schneehuhn · Schneehuhn · German
Schneehuhn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Schneehuhn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃneːˌhuːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schneehuhn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schneehuhn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃneːˌhuːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Hühnervogel, der vor allem in Nordamerika, im nördlichen Teil Eurasiens sowie im Hochgebirge und Tundra Eurasiens lebt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schneehuhn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schneehuhn, spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-H-U-H-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Hühnervogel, der vor allem in Nordamerika, im nördlichen Teil Eurasiens sowie im Hochgebirge und Tundra Eurasiens lebt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schneehuhn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am Nachmittag sichtete ein anderer ein ganzes Rudel Schneehühner.“
„Sechzehn blutige Schneehühner brachte er mit und setzte sich in die Küche, um sie zu rupfen und auszunehmen.“
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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.