schnippeln
[ˈʃnɪpl̩n]
The verdict
“schnippeln” is uncommon German (frequency #97,652 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,652
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit kleinen Schnitten schneiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnippeln · schnippeln · German
schnippeln · rank #97,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,652
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schornsteinen
Nearest frequency peer: Schornsteinen (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schnippeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schmucklosen
schmucklosen
2,352 corpus weight
- schnall
schnall
2,351 corpus weight
- schnippeln
schnippeln
2,349 corpus weight
- Schornstein…
Schornsteinen
2,348 corpus weight
- schreckhaft
schreckhaft
2,347 corpus weight
- Schreibtisc…
Schreibtischstuhl
2,346 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schnippeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schnippeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɪpl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schnippeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schnippeln is uncommon German at frequency #97,652 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnɪpl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for schnippeln in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schnippeln, spelled S-C-H-N-I-P-P-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit kleinen Schnitten schneiden
- 2das As zurückhalten, um damit später die Zehn, den König oder auch die Dame zu bekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schnippeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe das Gemüse geschnippelt.
„Auch der frühere Tod einer Jeans, das Loch, wird aufwendig und so authentisch wie möglich in niet- und nagelneue Jeans geschnippelt.“
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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