Schärfe
German, noun
Schärfe is spelled S-C-H-Ä-R-F-E (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schärfe is a German feminine noun meaning “sharpness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schärfe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, scharfe is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schmerz, welcher beim Verzehr oder Riechen von bestimmten Nahrungsmitteln entsteht”.
What does Schärfe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesharpness
- 2
femininespiciness, hotness
- 3
femininepungency
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schmerz, welcher beim Verzehr oder Riechen von bestimmten Nahrungsmitteln entsteht 2. Maß der Schneidfähigkeit einer Schneide 3. Wahrnehmbarkeit von Details bei einer Projektion 4. hohe Angriffsbereitschaft bei Hunden
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 Schärfe
- Schärfen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schärfe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schärfe in German?
Schärfe appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).