schauderhaft
[ˈʃaʊ̯dɐhaft]
The verdict
“schauderhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr negative Gefühle auslösend: Ekel, Angst oder sehr große Besorgnis
Corpus desk
Index DE-schauderhaft · schauderhaft · German
schauderhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schauderhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃaʊ̯dɐhaft] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schauderhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schauderhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃaʊ̯dɐhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
schauderhaft has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is schauderhaft, spelled S-C-H-A-U-D-E-R-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1sehr negative Gefühle auslösend: Ekel, Angst oder sehr große Besorgnis
- 2großes Missfallen hervorrufend: sehr hässlich oder sehr unangenehm
- 3sehr
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schauderhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] der Liebhaber [seiner Frau], Fabrizio Carafa, und Gesualdos zweite Tochter […] kamen in dieser Nacht durch seine eigene Hand schauderhaft ums Leben.
Kein Krieg, kein Bürgerkrieg bisher wurden so schauderhaft minutiös dokumentiert wie das dreijährige Morden in Aleppo, Homs, Hama oder Damaskus.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.