Schnupftabaksdose
[ˈʃnʊp͡ftaːbaksˌdoːzə]
The verdict
“Schnupftabaksdose” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleine und flache, meist rechteckige oder runde Dose zur Aufbewahrung sowie zum Transport von Schnupftabak
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnupftabaksdose · Schnupftabaksdose · German
Schnupftabaksdose · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Schnupftabaksdose |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnʊp͡ftaːbaksˌdoːzə] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnupftabaksdose“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnupftabaksdose is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnʊp͡ftaːbaksˌdoːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleine und flache, meist rechteckige oder runde Dose zur Aufbewahrung sowie zum Transport von Schnupftabak".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schnupftabaksdose, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Schnupftabaksdose, spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-F-T-A-B-A-K-S-D-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1kleine und flache, meist rechteckige oder runde Dose zur Aufbewahrung sowie zum Transport von Schnupftabak
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schnupftabaksdose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Pécuchet zog seine Mütze tief ins Gesicht, und immer, wenn er die Schnupftabaksdose öffnete, mußte er sich ganz umwenden, um seine Augen zu schützen.“
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.