Schweinehirte
[ˈʃvaɪ̯nəˌhɪʁtə]
The verdict
“Schweinehirte” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beschützer einer Herde von Schweinen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweinehirte · Schweinehirte · German
Schweinehirte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Schweinehirte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯nəˌhɪʁtə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schweinehirte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schweinehirte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯nəˌhɪʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beschützer einer Herde von Schweinen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schweinehirte, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schweinehirte, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-N-E-H-I-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Beschützer einer Herde von Schweinen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schweinehirte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wegen des Gewitters wurden die Schweine vom Schweinehirten in die Scheune getrieben.
„Der Junker ging mit Ture Narvesen zum Schweinehirten.“
This word in other languages
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.