geringschätzen
German, verb/ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sn̩/
geringschätzen is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geringschätzen is a German verb meaning “to despise, disdain, hold in contempt, attach little value to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Person oder einem Sachverhalt wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beimessen”.
What does geringschätzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to despise, disdain, hold in contempt, attach little value to
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer Person oder einem Sachverhalt wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beimessen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of geringschätzen
- schätzt gering present singular third-person
- schätzte gering past
- geringgeschätzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- geringschätzend participle present
- geringzuschätzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schätze gering first-person indicative present
- schätzen gering first-person indicative plural
- schätzest gering second-person singular subjunctive
- schätzet gering plural second-person subjunctive
- schätzten gering first-person indicative plural
- schätztest gering indicative preterite second-person
- schätztet gering indicative plural preterite
- gering schätzen alternative
- schätz gering! imperative singular
- schätze gering! imperative singular
- schätzt gering! imperative plural
- geringgeschätzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geringschätzen?
- /ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sn̩/
- [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is geringschätzen in German?
geringschätzen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).