schnürt

[ʃnyːɐ̯t]

/[ʃnyːɐ̯t]/ verb

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The verdict

“schnürt” is uncommon German (frequency #70,778 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,778
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüren

Corpus desk

Index DE-schnurt · schnürt · German

schnürt · rank #70,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,778
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schnittmengen

Nearest frequency peer: Schnittmengen (-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 „schnürt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schnürt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schnürt
PropertyValue
Headwordschnürt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃnyːɐ̯t]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,778
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schnürt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schnürtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schnittmengen“ (#70,777), „Schraubenschlüssel“ (#70,779), „Schrauber“ (#70,780). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schnürt“ bei #70,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schnürt is uncommon German at frequency #70,778 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʃnyːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schnürt in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 schnürt, spelled S-C-H-N-Ü-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüren
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüren
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüren

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schnürt"?
"schnürt" is spelled S-C-H-N-Ü-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃnyːɐ̯t].
What does "schnürt" mean?
As a verb, "schnürt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnüren
How do you pronounce "schnürt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnürt" is [ʃnyːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnürt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schnürt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schleif#70,768Schiris#70,764siedelt#70,800signore#70,803

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list