Viehhüter
[ˈfiːˌhyːtɐ]
The verdict
“Viehhüter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der bestimmte (landwirtschaftliche) Nutztiere beaufsichtigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-viehhuter · Viehhüter · German
Viehhüter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Viehhüter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfiːˌhyːtɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Viehhüter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Viehhüter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfiːˌhyːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der bestimmte (landwirtschaftliche) Nutztiere beaufsichtigt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Viehhüter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Viehhüter, spelled V-I-E-H-H-Ü-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der bestimmte (landwirtschaftliche) Nutztiere beaufsichtigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Viehhüter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als kleiner Junge arbeitete sein Großvater als Viehhüter bei seinem Onkel.
Synonyms
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.