Schneeschuh
[ˈʃneːˌʃuː]
The verdict
“Schneeschuh” 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) - Schuh mit breiter Sohle, so dass man damit besser durch Schnee gehen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-schneeschuh · Schneeschuh · German
Schneeschuh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Schneeschuh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃneːˌʃuː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schneeschuh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schneeschuh is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃneːˌʃuː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schuh mit breiter Sohle, so dass man damit besser durch Schnee gehen kann".
Schneeschuh has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schneeschuh, spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-S-C-H-U-H.
Definition
- 1Schuh mit breiter Sohle, so dass man damit besser durch Schnee gehen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schneeschuh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er zog sich den Schneeschuh an.
„Ungewohnt sind allerdings die Schneeschuhe an den Füßen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.