Sauerei
German, noun[zaʊ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]
Sauerei is spelled S-A-U-E-R-E-I (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sauerei is a German feminine noun meaning “synonym of Schweinerei” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grobe Verunreinigung, schmutziger Zustand von Gegenständen oder Lebewesen”.
What does Sauerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of Schweinerei
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grobe Verunreinigung, schmutziger Zustand von Gegenständen oder Lebewesen 2. moralisch verwerfliche Handlung, unerträglicher Zustand 3. sexuell Anstößiges, Unzüchtiges
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 Sauerei
- Sauereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sauerei?
- [zaʊ̯əˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sauerei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sauerei in German?
Sauerei appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).