Schürzenjäger
[ˈʃʏʁt͡sn̩ˌjɛːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Schürzenjäger” is uncommon German (frequency #83,284 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,284
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mann, der beständig Frauen umwirbt und diese zu erotisch-sexuellen Abenteuern mit sich zu bewegen trachtet
Corpus desk
Index DE-schurzenjager · Schürzenjäger · German
Schürzenjäger · rank #83,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,284
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schüben
Nearest frequency peer: Schüben (-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 „Schürzenjäger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schätzwert
Schätzwert
16,720 corpus weight
- Schönheitsf…
Schönheitsfehler
16,719 corpus weight
- Schüben
Schüben
16,718 corpus weight
- Schürzenjäg…
Schürzenjäger
16,717 corpus weight
- Sebnitz
Sebnitz
16,715 corpus weight
- sechsmonati…
sechsmonatigen
16,714 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schürzenjäger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schürzenjäger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏʁt͡sn̩ˌjɛːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #83,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schürzenjäger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schürzenjäger is uncommon German at frequency #83,284 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʏʁt͡sn̩ˌjɛːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mann, der beständig Frauen umwirbt und diese zu erotisch-sexuellen Abenteuern mit sich zu bewegen trachtet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Schürzenjäger in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Schürzenjäger, spelled S-C-H-Ü-R-Z-E-N-J-Ä-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mann, der beständig Frauen umwirbt und diese zu erotisch-sexuellen Abenteuern mit sich zu bewegen trachtet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schürzenjäger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Don Juan und Casanova sind Sinnbilder des Schürzenjägers.
„Wobei das Wort für ›Huhn‹, galinha, nicht, wie etwa chicken im Englischen (›Don't be a chicken about it!‹), für ›Memme‹, sondern, etwas überraschend, trotz des weiblichen a galinha, für einen Mann steht, der hinter den Frauen her ist, den Schürzenjäger oder Frauenheld.“
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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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