Ohrenschmalz
German, noun/ˈʔoːʁənˌʃmalts/
Ohrenschmalz is spelled O-H-R-E-N-S-C-H-M-A-L-Z (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ohrenschmalz is a German neuter noun meaning “earwax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bitteres, fettiges Sekret, das von speziellen Drüsen im Ohr zur Reinigung des äußeren Gehörganges abgesondert…”.
What does Ohrenschmalz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterearwax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bitteres, fettiges Sekret, das von speziellen Drüsen im Ohr zur Reinigung des äußeren Gehörganges abgesondert wird
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 Ohrenschmalz
- Ohrenschmalzes genitive
- Ohrenschmalze plural
- Ohrenschmalzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ohrenschmalz?
- /ˈʔoːʁənˌʃmalts/
- [ˈoːʁənˌʃmalt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ohrenschmalz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ohrenschmalz in German?
Ohrenschmalz appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).