schändlich

[ˈʃɛntlɪç]

/[ˈʃɛntlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“schändlich” is uncommon German (frequency #59,163 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,163
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schande bringend

Corpus desk

Index DE-schandlich · schändlich · German

schändlich · rank #59,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,163
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwerverletz…

Nearest frequency peer: Schwerverletzten (-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 „schändlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schändlich
PropertyValue
Headwordschändlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃɛntlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,163
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schändlich“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schändlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwerverletzten“ (#59,162), „Schülerschaft“ (#59,164), „Schulfach“ (#59,160). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schändlich“ bei #59,163. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schändlich is uncommon German at frequency #59,163 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃɛntlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schändlich, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schändlich, spelled S-C-H-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schande bringend
  2. 2
    in sehr negativer Art und Weise

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieses schändliche Verhalten ist nicht tolerierbar.
  2. Die Wohnung war schändlich zugerichtet.

Synonyms

beschämendscheußlich

This word in other languages

shameful(English)vergonzoso(Español)honteux(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 "schändlich"?
"schändlich" is spelled S-C-H-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛntlɪç].
What does "schändlich" mean?
As an adjective, "schändlich" means: Schande bringend
How do you pronounce "schändlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schändlich" is [ˈʃɛntlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schändlich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schrifttum#59,154Schramberg#59,152schalteten#59,139Schablonen#59,138

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list