schadenfroh
[ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁoː]
The verdict
“schadenfroh” is uncommon German (frequency #79,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,669
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schadenfreude fühlend, von Schadenfreude getrieben
Corpus desk
Index DE-schadenfroh · schadenfroh · German
schadenfroh · rank #79,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,669
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH satteln
Nearest frequency peer: satteln (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schadenfroh“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Samstagnacht
Samstagnacht
20,335 corpus weight
- satteln
satteln
20,334 corpus weight
- schadenfroh
schadenfroh
20,332 corpus weight
- Schandau
Schandau
20,330 corpus weight
- Scharlatan
Scharlatan
20,329 corpus weight
- Schattendas…
Schattendasein
20,328 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schadenfroh“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schadenfroh |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁoː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #79,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schadenfroh“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schadenfroh is uncommon German at frequency #79,669 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schadenfreude fühlend, von Schadenfreude getrieben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schadenfroh, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schadenfroh, spelled S-C-H-A-D-E-N-F-R-O-H.
Definition
- 1Schadenfreude fühlend, von Schadenfreude getrieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schadenfroh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hanko nickte seiner Mutter Beifall, indem er sich schadenfroh die Hände rieb und murmelte: „Ja ‚wilde Marinka‘, ich habe mir manche Kränkung von dir gefallen lassen, aber heut’ hast du meine Gestalt geschmäht, hast mich vor allen lächerlich gemacht, und das vergeb’ ich dir nimmermehr!“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).