Schabernack
German, noun[ˈʃaːbɐnak]
Schabernack is spelled S-C-H-A-B-E-R-N-A-C-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schabernack is a German masculine noun meaning “hoax, prank, shenanigans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, mit der jemandem ein Scherz, ein Streich gespielt wird”.
What does Schabernack mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinehoax, prank, shenanigans
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, mit der jemandem ein Scherz, ein Streich gespielt wird 2. Flurnamen (besonders für Weinberge), rauer Winterhut
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 Schabernack
- Schabernackes genitive
- Schabernacks genitive
- Schabernacke plural
- Schabernacken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schabernack?
- [ˈʃaːbɐnak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schabernack
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schabernack in German?
Schabernack appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).