Schnösel
[ˈʃnøːzl̩]
The verdict
“Schnösel” is uncommon German (frequency #57,388 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,388
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von sich eingenommene, eitle und arrogante Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnosel · Schnösel · German
Schnösel · rank #57,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,388
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schmälert
Nearest frequency peer: schmälert (-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 „Schnösel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- schmierigen
schmierigen
42,616 corpus weight
- schmoll
schmoll
42,615 corpus weight
- schmälert
schmälert
42,614 corpus weight
- Schnösel
Schnösel
42,613 corpus weight
- Schocks
Schocks
42,612 corpus weight
- Schutzgebie…
Schutzgebiete
42,611 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schnösel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnösel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnøːzl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnösel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnösel is uncommon German at frequency #57,388 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnøːzl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von sich eingenommene, eitle und arrogante Person".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schnösel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Schnösel, spelled S-C-H-N-Ö-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1von sich eingenommene, eitle und arrogante Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schnösel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Weil er seinen Sportwagen und seine perfekt sitzende Frisur zur Schau stellte, hielt man ihn für einen Schnösel.
„Das Haar der Schnösel sah aus, als wäre es mit schwarzer Schuhwichse angeklatscht.“
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.
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