Scharlatanerie
German, noun[ʃaʁlatanəˈʁiː]
Scharlatanerie is spelled S-C-H-A-R-L-A-T-A-N-E-R-I-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scharlatanerie is a German feminine noun meaning “charlatanry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verhalten wie ein Scharlatan, Vortäuschung von etwas nicht Vorhandenem”.
What does Scharlatanerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecharlatanry
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verhalten wie ein Scharlatan, Vortäuschung von etwas nicht Vorhandenem
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 Scharlatanerie
- Scharlatanerien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scharlatanerie?
- [ʃaʁlatanəˈʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scharlatanerie in German?
Scharlatanerie appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).