Schnitterin
[ˈʃnɪtəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Schnitterin” 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) - weibliche Person, die bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnitterin · Schnitterin · German
Schnitterin · 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 | Schnitterin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnɪtəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnitterin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnitterin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnɪtəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schnitterin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schnitterin, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1weibliche Person, die bei der Ernte das Gras oder Getreide von Hand mäht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schnitterin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Schnitterinnen hatten es angenommen, um sich während der Ernte bedienen zu lassen.“
Synonyms
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.