Schornsteine
[ˈʃɔʁnˌʃtaɪ̯nə]
The verdict
“Schornsteine” is uncommon German (frequency #56,510 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,510
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schornstein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schornsteine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɔʁnˌʃtaɪ̯nə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Schornsteine” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Schornsteine is uncommon German at frequency #56,510 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɔʁnˌʃtaɪ̯nə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Schornsteine has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Schornsteine, spelled S-C-H-O-R-N-S-T-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Schornstein
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schornstein
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Schornstein
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Schornstein
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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Using “Schornsteine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-O-R-N-S-T-E-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃɔʁnˌʃtaɪ̯nə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.