Schalk
German, noun/ʃalk/
Schalk is spelled S-C-H-A-L-K (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schalk is a German masculine noun meaning “joker; rogue (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “freche Person, die (gutmütige) Streiche spielt”.
What does Schalk mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinejoker; rogue (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. freche Person, die (gutmütige) Streiche spielt
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 Schalk
- Schalks genitive
- Schalkes genitive
- Schalke plural
- Schälke plural
- Schälkin feminine
- Schalken dative definite plural
- Schälken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schalk?
- /ʃalk/
- [ʃalk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schalk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schalk in German?
Schalk 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).