Machenschaft
German, noun[ˈmaxn̩ʃaft]
Machenschaft is spelled M-A-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “machination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geheime und fragwürdige Abmachung, Intrige”.
What does Machenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemachination
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geheime und fragwürdige Abmachung, Intrige
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 Machenschaft
- Machenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Machenschaft?
- [ˈmaxn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Machenschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Machenschaft in German?
Machenschaft appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).