schänden

[ˈʃɛndn̩]

/[ˈʃɛndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schänden” is uncommon German (frequency #64,693 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,693
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine frevelhafte Tat jemandes Ehre verletzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schanden · schänden · German

schänden · rank #64,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,693
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schwärzlich

Nearest frequency peer: schwärzlich (-1 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 „schänden“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schänden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schänden
PropertyValue
Headwordschänden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃɛndn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schänden“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schändenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schwärzlich“ (#64,692), „schwimme“ (#64,691), „scuderia“ (#64,695). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schänden“ bei #64,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schänden is uncommon German at frequency #64,693 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃɛndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for schänden in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schänden, spelled S-C-H-Ä-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch eine frevelhafte Tat jemandes Ehre verletzen
  2. 2
    sexuell misshandeln, die sexuelle Unschuld einer Person rauben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Diese beiden Männer schändeten das Grabmal meiner Eltern.
  2. Ich lasse nicht zu, dass meine Tochter geschändet wird.

Synonyms

befleckenbeschmutzenbesudelnentehrenentheiligenentweihenentwürdigenmissbrauchenvergewaltigenquälen

Antonyms

ehrenreinwaschenwürdigen

This word in other languages

dishonour(English)déshonorer(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schänden"?
"schänden" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛndn̩].
What does "schänden" mean?
As a verb, "schänden" means: durch eine frevelhafte Tat jemandes Ehre verletzen
How do you pronounce "schänden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schänden" is [ˈʃɛndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schänden" come from?
"schänden" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schänden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwimme#64,691scuderia#64,695Spiralen#64,723springst#64,730

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list