Viehdieb
[ˈfiːˌdiːp]
The verdict
“Viehdieb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die widerrechtlich jemandes Nutztiere entwendet (hat)
Corpus desk
Index DE-viehdieb · Viehdieb · German
Viehdieb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Viehdieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfiːˌdiːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Viehdieb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Viehdieb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːˌdiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die widerrechtlich jemandes Nutztiere entwendet (hat)".
Viehdieb has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Viehdieb, spelled V-I-E-H-D-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1Person, die widerrechtlich jemandes Nutztiere entwendet (hat)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Viehdieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Brandenburg ist die Ruhe vorbei, seit Viehdiebe durch die Dörfer ziehen.“
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.