Schuhputzer
[ˈʃuːˌpʊt͡sɐ]
The verdict
“Schuhputzer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die auf der Straße Passanten die Schuhe putzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuhputzer · Schuhputzer · German
Schuhputzer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Schuhputzer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːˌpʊt͡sɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schuhputzer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schuhputzer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃuːˌpʊt͡sɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schuhputzer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schuhputzer, spelled S-C-H-U-H-P-U-T-Z-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die auf der Straße Passanten die Schuhe putzt
- 2Maschine, mit der man seine Schuhe polieren kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schuhputzer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Zeit von 1900 bis in die 1960er Jahre hinein prägte in Europa ein Beruf, den es heute so nicht mehr gibt, das Straßenbild. Der Schuhputzer bot seine Dienste an jeder Straßenecke an. Leider gehören diese Schuhputzer in Europa nicht mehr zum Straßenbild. Ganz anderes in den lateinamerikanischen Ländern wie Mexico, Peru, Bolivien um nur einige hier z…
„Im echten Leben ist Negusse Schuhputzer.“
Synonyms
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.