Schöpfrad
[ˈʃœp͡fˌʁaːt]
The verdict
“Schöpfrad” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasserrad mit Zellen, das beim Drehen Wasser aus einem Fluss schöpft und nach oben befördert, ausgießt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schopfrad · Schöpfrad · German
Schöpfrad · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Schöpfrad |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃœp͡fˌʁaːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schöpfrad“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schöpfrad is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃœp͡fˌʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasserrad mit Zellen, das beim Drehen Wasser aus einem Fluss schöpft und nach oben befördert, ausgießt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Schöpfrad in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schöpfrad, spelled S-C-H-Ö-P-F-R-A-D.
Definition
- 1Wasserrad mit Zellen, das beim Drehen Wasser aus einem Fluss schöpft und nach oben befördert, ausgießt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schöpfrad appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Schöpfrad dreht sich wie ein Mühlrad im Fluß und schöpft dabei unten Wasser für die oben gelegene Felder.
This word in other languages
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.