Schanker
German, noun/ˈʃaŋkɐ/
Schanker is spelled S-C-H-A-N-K-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schanker is a German masculine noun meaning “chancre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschwür im Genitalbereich, welches durch Geschlechtsverkehr übertragen werden kann”.
What does Schanker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechancre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geschwür im Genitalbereich, welches durch Geschlechtsverkehr übertragen werden kann
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 Schanker
- Schankers genitive
- Schankern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schanker?
- /ˈʃaŋkɐ/
- [ˈʃaŋkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schanker in German?
Schanker appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).