Schnuppe

/[ˈʃnʊpə]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,216

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Schnuppe is aGermannoun. It means: verkohltes, glühendes Ende eines Dochtes Pronounced [ˈʃnʊpə].

Key facts for Schnuppe
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchnuppe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃnʊpə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Schnuppe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Schnuppe is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃnʊpə]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,216 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Schnuppe in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Schnuppe, spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    verkohltes, glühendes Ende eines Dochtes
  2. 2
    Sternschnuppe

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #53,216 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Schnuppe"?
"Schnuppe" is spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃnʊpə].
What does "Schnuppe" mean?
As a noun, "Schnuppe" means: verkohltes, glühendes Ende eines Dochtes
How do you pronounce "Schnuppe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schnuppe" is [ˈʃnʊpə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schnuppe" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.