Springmesser
[ˈʃpʁɪŋˌmɛsɐ]
The verdict
“Springmesser” 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) - Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt
Corpus desk
Index DE-springmesser · Springmesser · German
Springmesser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Springmesser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɪŋˌmɛsɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Springmesser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Springmesser is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɪŋˌmɛsɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Springmesser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Springmesser, spelled S-P-R-I-N-G-M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Messer, bei dem die Klinge nach Betätigung eines Knopfes aus dem Messergriff hervorschnellt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Springmesser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Springmesser, dessen Klinge auf Knopfdruck hervorschnellt und fixiert wird, ist hingegen eher nicht zum Erdäpfelschälen gedacht; es gilt als Waffe.“
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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.