schamhaft
[ˈʃaːmhaft]
The verdict
“schamhaft” 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) - aus einem Schamgefühl heraus
Corpus desk
Index DE-schamhaft · schamhaft · German
schamhaft · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schamhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃaːmhaft] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schamhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schamhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaːmhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einem Schamgefühl heraus".
No generated misspelling entries exist for schamhaft in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schamhaft, spelled S-C-H-A-M-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1aus einem Schamgefühl heraus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schamhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lange trotz seiner ausgeprägt staatsfeindlichen Haltung von Radziwill beschirmt, wurde er doch endlich von seinem Schicksal ereilt und (neben seinem kirchlichen Einkommen) mit hohem Wartegeld, was Verfasser schamhaft verschweigt, auf seine Pfarre verbannt, da er eine Beschäftigung außerhalb der Provinz abwies.“
„Zum einen in einem radikalen Wechsel in der Wirtschaftspolitik, die derzeit noch schamhaft sozialistische Marktwirtschaft genannt wird.“
This word in other languages
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