Scheinhinrichtung
German, noun[ˈʃaɪ̯nhɪnˌʁɪçtʊŋ]
Scheinhinrichtung is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-H-I-N-R-I-C-H-T-U-N-G (17 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheinhinrichtung is a German feminine noun meaning “mock execution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Methode der psychischen Folter, bei der eine Hinrichtung realitätsnah vorgetäuscht wird”.
What does Scheinhinrichtung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemock execution
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Methode der psychischen Folter, bei der eine Hinrichtung realitätsnah vorgetäuscht wird
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 Scheinhinrichtung
- Scheinhinrichtungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scheinhinrichtung?
- [ˈʃaɪ̯nhɪnˌʁɪçtʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scheinhinrichtung in German?
Scheinhinrichtung appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).