Scherz
German, noun/ʃɛʁt͡s/
Scherz is spelled S-C-H-E-R-Z (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scherz is a German masculine noun meaning “joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht ernst zu Nehmendes”.
What does Scherz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejoke
- 2
masculinefrolic
- 3
masculinebread end
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nicht ernst zu Nehmendes 2. das Hereinlegen einer Person zum Zwecke der Belustigung
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 Scherz
- Scherzes genitive
- Scherze plural
- Scherzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scherz?
- /ʃɛʁt͡s/
- [ʃɛʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Scherz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Scherz in German?
Scherz appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).