schneeweiß
[ˈʃneːˌvaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“schneeweiß” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - weiß wie Schnee
Corpus desk
Index DE-schneewei · schneeweiß · German
schneeweiß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | schneeweiß |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃneːˌvaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schneeweiß“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schneeweiß is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃneːˌvaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiß wie Schnee".
schneeweiß doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 schneeweiß, spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-W-E-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1weiß wie Schnee
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schneeweiß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine Partnerin, ein blutjunges Ding, auf alabasternem Hälschen das eirunde Gesichtchen, das Haar, glatt und braun, über den Ohren in Schnecken geflochten – trug das schneeweißeste Kleid von der Welt – dünne, bebende Seide.“
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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.