Scharte
German, noun/ˈʃaʁtə/
Scharte is spelled S-C-H-A-R-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scharte is a German feminine noun meaning “notch, cut, cleft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand”.
What does Scharte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenotch, cut, cleft
- 2
feminineembrasure
- 3
femininea cut, defect in a blade
- 4
femininesaw-wort (Serratula gen. et spp.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einschnitt, Kerbe, Kratzer in einem Gegenstand 2. offen gelassene Stelle in einer Verteidigungsanlage 3. kurz für: Hasenscharte 4. (enge, schwer) passierbare Stelle im Gebirge, um von einem Tal in das nächste zu gelangen
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 Scharte
- Scharten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scharte?
- /ˈʃaʁtə/
- [ˈʃaʁtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Scharte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Scharte in German?
Scharte appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).