schniefen
[ˈʃniːfn̩]
The verdict
“schniefen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutlich wahrnehmbar durch die Nasenlöcher einatmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schniefen · schniefen · German
schniefen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | schniefen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃniːfn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schniefen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schniefen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃniːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutlich wahrnehmbar durch die Nasenlöcher einatmen".
schniefen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schniefen, spelled S-C-H-N-I-E-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1deutlich wahrnehmbar durch die Nasenlöcher einatmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schniefen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich schniefe schon den ganzen Tag, weil meine Nase läuft.
Warum schniefst du denn so?
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.