Schandtat
German, noun/ˈʃant.taːt/
Schandtat is spelled S-C-H-A-N-D-T-A-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schandtat is a German feminine noun meaning “atrocity, outrage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grauenvolle Tat, abscheuliches Verbrechen”.
What does Schandtat mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineatrocity, outrage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grauenvolle Tat, abscheuliches Verbrechen 2. kleineres Vergehen, unvernünftige Aktion
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 Schandtat
- Schandtaten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schandtat?
- /ˈʃant.taːt/
- [ˈʃantˑaːt]
- [ˈʃantˌtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schandtat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schandtat in German?
Schandtat appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).