Schüttelreim
[ˈʃʏtl̩ˌʁaɪ̯m]
The verdict
“Schüttelreim” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rhetorische Figur, Doppelreim mit vertauschten Anfangskonsonanten
Corpus desk
Index DE-schuttelreim · Schüttelreim · German
Schüttelreim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Schüttelreim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃʏtl̩ˌʁaɪ̯m] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schüttelreim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schüttelreim is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃʏtl̩ˌʁaɪ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rhetorische Figur, Doppelreim mit vertauschten Anfangskonsonanten".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schüttelreim, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Schüttelreim, spelled S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-R-E-I-M.
Definition
- 1rhetorische Figur, Doppelreim mit vertauschten Anfangskonsonanten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schüttelreim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Schüttelreime werden gerne in humoristischen Gedichten verwendet.
Ein beliebter Schüttelreim lautet: „Beim Boxen in der Meisterklasse schlägt man sich zu Kleistermasse.“
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.