schnurre
[ˈʃnʊʁə]
The verdict
“schnurre” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
Corpus desk
Index DE-schnurre · schnurre · German
schnurre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | schnurre |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃnʊʁə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schnurre“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schnurre is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃnʊʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schnurre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is schnurre, spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-R-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnurren
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.