jammerschade
German, adjective/ˈjamɐˌʃaːdə/
jammerschade is spelled J-A-M-M-E-R-S-C-H-A-D-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jammerschade is a German adjective meaning “a terrible pity, a real shame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überaus bedauerlich, äußerst schade”.
What does jammerschade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
a terrible pity, a real shame
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. überaus bedauerlich, äußerst schade
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce jammerschade?
- /ˈjamɐˌʃaːdə/
- [ˈjamɐˌʃaːdə]
- [ˈjamɐˈʃaːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jammerschade in German?
jammerschade appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).