schadhaft

[ˈʃaːthaft]

/[ˈʃaːthaft]/ adj

The verdict

“schadhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine oder mehrere Beschädigungen aufweisend, nicht mehr im besten Zustand

Corpus desk

Index DE-schadhaft · schadhaft · German

schadhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for schadhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordschadhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃaːthaft]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schadhaft“ im Deutschen

schadhaftliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schadhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaːthaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine oder mehrere Beschädigungen aufweisend, nicht mehr im besten Zustand".

schadhaft has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is schadhaft, spelled S-C-H-A-D-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine oder mehrere Beschädigungen aufweisend, nicht mehr im besten Zustand

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how schadhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nach den Osterferien soll es zügig losgehen, schadhafte Straßen im Echinger Ortsgebiet zu sanieren.“

Antonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schadhaft"?
"schadhaft" is spelled S-C-H-A-D-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːthaft].
What does "schadhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "schadhaft" means: eine oder mehrere Beschädigungen aufweisend, nicht mehr im besten Zustand
How do you pronounce "schadhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schadhaft" is [ˈʃaːthaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schadhaft" come from?
"schadhaft" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list