Sternschnuppe
[ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃnʊpə]
The verdict
“Sternschnuppe” is uncommon German (frequency #54,917 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,917
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Meteor, dessen Lichtschein von der Erde aus kurz zu sehen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-sternschnuppe · Sternschnuppe · German
Sternschnuppe · rank #54,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,917
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sterile
Nearest frequency peer: sterile (-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 „Sternschnuppe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Staufer
Staufer
45,087 corpus weight
- Steinweg
Steinweg
45,086 corpus weight
- sterile
sterile
45,085 corpus weight
- Sternschnup…
Sternschnuppe
45,084 corpus weight
- Sternstunde
Sternstunde
45,083 corpus weight
- Stickereien
Stickereien
45,082 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sternschnuppe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sternschnuppe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃnʊpə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #54,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sternschnuppe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sternschnuppe is uncommon German at frequency #54,917 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃnʊpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Meteor, dessen Lichtschein von der Erde aus kurz zu sehen ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for Sternschnuppe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Sternschnuppe, spelled S-T-E-R-N-S-C-H-N-U-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1kleiner Meteor, dessen Lichtschein von der Erde aus kurz zu sehen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sternschnuppe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn eine Sternschnuppe fällt, hat man einen Wunsch frei.
„Sie sahen einen Schwarm Sternschnuppen durch den Himmel wischen.“
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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); 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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