Herzschmerz
German, noun/ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃmɛʁt͡s/
Herzschmerz is spelled H-E-R-Z-S-C-H-M-E-R-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herzschmerz is a German masculine noun meaning “heart pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperliche, schmerzhafte Beschwerden, die vom Herzen ausgehen”.
What does Herzschmerz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheart pain
- 2
masculinerareheartache
- 3
derogatorymasculinesentimentality in love stories, shmaltz
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. körperliche, schmerzhafte Beschwerden, die vom Herzen ausgehen 2. seelischer Kummer, vor allem in Liebesdingen
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 Herzschmerz
- Herzschmerzes genitive
- Herzschmerzen plural
- Herzschmerze dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herzschmerz?
- /ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃmɛʁt͡s/
- [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌʃmɛʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Herzschmerz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Herzschmerz in German?
Herzschmerz appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).