Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scherenschnitte

/ˈʃɛəɹənˌʃnɪtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scheren-schnitte
IPA: /ˈʃɛəɹənˌʃnɪtə/

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An art of papercutting, cutting continuous paper designs, which began in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.

Uncountable

Etymology

From German Scherenschnitte, plural of Scherenschnitt (literally “scissor cut”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Scherenschnitte

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

list in papercutting

Questions

How do you pronounce scherenschnitte?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɛəɹənˌʃnɪtə/.
What does scherenschnitte mean?: An art of papercutting, cutting continuous paper designs, which began in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.
Where does scherenschnitte come from?: It is traced to German.

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