Wacholderschnaps
[vaˈxɔldɐˌʃnaps]
The verdict
“Wacholderschnaps” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hochprozentiges alkoholisches Getränk mit dem Geschmack von Wacholderbeeren
Corpus desk
Index DE-wacholderschnaps · Wacholderschnaps · German
Wacholderschnaps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Wacholderschnaps |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vaˈxɔldɐˌʃnaps] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wacholderschnaps“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wacholderschnaps is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [vaˈxɔldɐˌʃnaps]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hochprozentiges alkoholisches Getränk mit dem Geschmack von Wacholderbeeren".
No misspelling variants are generated for Wacholderschnaps in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Wacholderschnaps, spelled W-A-C-H-O-L-D-E-R-S-C-H-N-A-P-S.
Definition
- 1hochprozentiges alkoholisches Getränk mit dem Geschmack von Wacholderbeeren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Wacholderschnaps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Basis für Wacholderschnäpse sind Agraralkohol oder Getreidebrände, die erneut gebrannt werden. Dabei werden entweder die Alkoholdämpfe über die Wacholderbeeren geleitet oder es werden Wacholderbeeren zusammen mit dem Alkohol in die Brennblase gefüllt und gemeinsam destilliert.“
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.