Schnitter

[ˈʃnɪtɐ]

/[ˈʃnɪtɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schnitter” is uncommon German (frequency #92,188 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,188
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnitter · Schnitter · German

Schnitter · rank #92,188 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,188
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schrumpfende

Nearest frequency peer: schrumpfende (+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 „Schnitter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schnitter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schnitter
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchnitter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃnɪtɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,188
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnitter“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Schnitterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schrumpfende“ (#92,189), „Schmölln“ (#92,186), „Schuldnern“ (#92,190). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schnitter“ bei #92,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schnitter is uncommon German at frequency #92,188 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnɪtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schnitter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnitter, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemand, der bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht
  2. 2
    der (personifizierte) Tod

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schnitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Herr, was soll sich die Ernte erhoffen, wenn nicht das Interesse des Schnitters?”
  2. Ein Schnitter kann an einem Tag mit einem Acker fertigwerden.

Synonyms

TodSensenmannKnochenmannFreund HeinGevatter Tod

This word in other languages

reaper(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schnitter"?
"Schnitter" is spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnɪtɐ].
What does "Schnitter" mean?
As a noun, "Schnitter" means: jemand, der bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht
How do you pronounce "Schnitter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schnitter" is [ˈʃnɪtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schnitter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schnitter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

scheppert#92,175searching#92,203Seewasser#92,207römischem#92,162

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list