Schnupperkurs
[ˈʃnʊpɐˌkʊʁs]
The verdict
“Schnupperkurs” is uncommon German (frequency #96,213 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,213
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für Anfänger gedachter Kurs, in dem diese Einblicke gewinnen können
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnupperkurs · Schnupperkurs · German
Schnupperkurs · rank #96,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,213
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH schneite
Nearest frequency peer: schneite (-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 „Schnupperkurs“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schmuckes
Schmuckes
3,791 corpus weight
- schmuggelte
schmuggelte
3,790 corpus weight
- schneite
schneite
3,789 corpus weight
- Schnupperku…
Schnupperkurs
3,788 corpus weight
- Schnüffler
Schnüffler
3,787 corpus weight
- Scholastik
Scholastik
3,785 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schnupperkurs“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schnupperkurs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃnʊpɐˌkʊʁs] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #96,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schnupperkurs“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schnupperkurs is uncommon German at frequency #96,213 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃnʊpɐˌkʊʁs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für Anfänger gedachter Kurs, in dem diese Einblicke gewinnen können".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schnupperkurs, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Schnupperkurs, spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-P-E-R-K-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1für Anfänger gedachter Kurs, in dem diese Einblicke gewinnen können
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schnupperkurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lassen Sie sich inspirieren: ob mit Tanzanleiter oder im Schnupperkurse, entdecken Sie Altbewährtes oder auch Neues.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).