messerscharf
German, adjective/ˈmɛsɐˌʃaʁf/
messerscharf is spelled M-E-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-A-R-F (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messerscharf is a German adjective meaning “razor-sharp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “scharf, wie die Klinge eines Messers”.
What does messerscharf mean in English?
adjective
- 1
razor-sharp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. scharf, wie die Klinge eines Messers 2. mit einem schnellen, beweglichen Geist
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 messerscharf
- messerscharfer masculine nominative singular
- messerscharfe feminine nominative singular
- messerscharfes neuter nominative singular
- messerscharfen genitive masculine singular
- messerscharfem dative masculine singular
- der messerscharfe definite includes-article masculine
- die messerscharfe definite feminine includes-article
- das messerscharfe definite includes-article neuter
- die messerscharfen definite includes-article nominative
- des messerscharfen definite genitive includes-article
- der messerscharfen definite feminine genitive
- dem messerscharfen dative definite includes-article
- den messerscharfen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce messerscharf?
- /ˈmɛsɐˌʃaʁf/
- [ˈmɛsɐˌʃaʁf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is messerscharf in German?
messerscharf appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).