Schuhschnabel
German, noun
Schuhschnabel is a German masculine noun meaning “shoebill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schuhschnäbel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schuhschnabel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in mit Papyrus und Schilf durchwachsenen Sümpfe, Fluss- und Seeufer Südsudans, Ugandas, Tansanias, Sambias…”.
What does Schuhschnabel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshoebill
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schuhschnabel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in mit Papyrus und Schilf durchwachsenen Sümpfe, Fluss- und Seeufer Südsudans, Ugandas, Tansanias, Sambias und vereinzelt angrenzender Länder lebender graublau gefiederter, großköpfiger Vogel mit einem auffällig großen und breiten, gelbbraunen Schnabel, dessen Form an die eines Holzschuhs erinnert (Balaeniceps rex)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schuhschnabel
- Schuhschnabels genitive
- Schuhschnäbel plural
- Schuhschnäbeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schuhschnabel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schuhschnabel in German?
Schuhschnabel appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).