Waffenschmied
[ˈvafənˌʃmiːt]
The verdict
“Waffenschmied” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die Klingen, Helme, Panzerhemden, Rüstungen (Harnische), Schilde und Feuerwaffen anfertigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-waffenschmied · Waffenschmied · German
Waffenschmied · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Waffenschmied |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvafənˌʃmiːt] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waffenschmied“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waffenschmied is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvafənˌʃmiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die Klingen, Helme, Panzerhemden, Rüstungen (Harnische), Schilde und Feuerwaffen anfertigt".
Waffenschmied has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Waffenschmied, spelled W-A-F-F-E-N-S-C-H-M-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Person, die Klingen, Helme, Panzerhemden, Rüstungen (Harnische), Schilde und Feuerwaffen anfertigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Waffenschmied appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Waffenschmied stellt Waffen her, also Dinge, die den höchsten möglichen Belastungen bei minimalem Eigengewicht ausgesetzt sind.“
„Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg haben die Waffenschmiede in Nürnberg Waffen an alle Kriegsparteien geliefert, selbst an die eigenen Feinde, aber immerhin mit Profit.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.