Schneekönig
[ˈʃneːˌkøːnɪç]
The verdict
“Schneekönig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anderer Name für den Zaunkönig
Corpus desk
Index DE-schneekonig · Schneekönig · German
Schneekönig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Schneekönig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃneːˌkøːnɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schneekönig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schneekönig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃneːˌkøːnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Schneekönig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schneekönig, spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-K-Ö-N-I-G.
Definition
- 1anderer Name für den Zaunkönig
- 2Spottname für König Gustav Adolf von Schweden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schneekönig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Schneekönig wird auch mancherorts der Winterkönig genannt.
„Der Schneekönig flog über das Land und hatte eine riesige Menge Schneeflocken mitgebracht.“
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.