Schadsoftware
German, noun/ˈʃaːtˌzɔftvɛːɐ̯/
Schadsoftware is spelled S-C-H-A-D-S-O-F-T-W-A-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schadsoftware is a German feminine noun meaning “malware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Programm, das auf fremden Computersystemen Schaden verursachen oder unerwünschte Funktionen ausführen soll”.
What does Schadsoftware mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalware
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Programm, das auf fremden Computersystemen Schaden verursachen oder unerwünschte Funktionen ausführen soll
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 Schadsoftware
- Schadsoftwares plural
- Schadsoftwaren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schadsoftware?
- /ˈʃaːtˌzɔftvɛːɐ̯/
- [ˈʃaːtsɔftˌvɛːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schadsoftware
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schadsoftware in German?
Schadsoftware 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).