Schnittmenge

[ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə]

/[ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə]/ noun

The verdict

“Schnittmenge” is uncommon German (frequency #54,061 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,061
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Menge bestehend aus den gemeinsamen Elementen von mehreren Mengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnittmenge · Schnittmenge · German

Schnittmenge · rank #54,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,061
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schmeichelt

Nearest frequency peer: schmeichelt (-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 „Schnittmenge“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schnittmenge
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchnittmenge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#54,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnittmenge“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schnittmengefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schmeichelt“ (#54,060), „Schulfreund“ (#54,062), „Schlüssels“ (#54,059). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schnittmenge“ bei #54,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schnittmenge is uncommon German at frequency #54,061 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Menge bestehend aus den gemeinsamen Elementen von mehreren Mengen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Schnittmenge 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Schnittmenge, spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-M-E-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Menge bestehend aus den gemeinsamen Elementen von mehreren Mengen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Menge C ist die Schnittmenge aus den Mengen A und B.
  2. „War zwar schon vor unseren Berechnungen relativ klar, dass die Schnittmenge nicht radikal hoch sein kann – mobile Nutzer sind in der Tendenz jünger und die mobilen Zahlen sind zudem meistens noch deutlich geringer als die der stationären Website – verblüffen einige Zahlen dennoch.“

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "Schnittmenge"?
"Schnittmenge" is spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T-M-E-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə].
What does "Schnittmenge" mean?
As a noun, "Schnittmenge" means: Menge bestehend aus den gemeinsamen Elementen von mehreren Mengen
How do you pronounce "Schnittmenge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schnittmenge" is [ˈʃnɪtˌmɛŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schnittmenge" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list