Scherbenhaufen
German, noun[ˈʃɛʁbn̩ˌhaʊ̯fn̩]
Scherbenhaufen is spelled S-C-H-E-R-B-E-N-H-A-U-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scherbenhaufen is a German masculine noun meaning “shambles, ruins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ansammlung von Bruchstücken aus Glas oder Keramik”.
What does Scherbenhaufen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshambles, ruins
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ansammlung von Bruchstücken aus Glas oder Keramik
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 Scherbenhaufen
- Scherbenhaufens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scherbenhaufen?
- [ˈʃɛʁbn̩ˌhaʊ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scherbenhaufen in German?
Scherbenhaufen 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).