Schneemensch
[ˈʃneːˌmɛnʃ]
The verdict
“Schneemensch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zweibeiniges, behaartes Fabelwesen des Himalaya
Corpus desk
Index DE-schneemensch · Schneemensch · German
Schneemensch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Schneemensch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃneːˌmɛnʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schneemensch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schneemensch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃneːˌmɛnʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zweibeiniges, behaartes Fabelwesen des Himalaya".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schneemensch in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schneemensch, spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zweibeiniges, behaartes Fabelwesen des Himalaya
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schneemensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So ist es mittlerweile fast egal, daß der Yeti kein Schneemensch ist, nicht einmal ein Affe, sondern ein ordinärer Bär.“
„Im letzten Jahr hatte die Gebietsverwaltung bereits die Nachricht verbreitet, im schwer zugänglichen Bergland von Gornaja Schorija sei ein anderthalb bis zwei Meter großer Schneemensch von Jägern gesichtet worden.“
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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.