schikanös
German, adjective/ʃikaˈnøːs/
schikanös is spelled S-C-H-I-K-A-N-Ö-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schikanös is a German adjective meaning “bullying, harassing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schikanen einsetzend; in der Art und Weise einer Schikane”.
What does schikanös mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bullying, harassing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Schikanen einsetzend; in der Art und Weise einer Schikane
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 schikanös
- schikanöser masculine nominative singular
- am schikanösesten superlative
- schikanöse feminine nominative singular
- schikanöses neuter nominative singular
- schikanösen genitive masculine singular
- schikanösem dative masculine singular
- der schikanöse definite includes-article masculine
- die schikanöse definite feminine includes-article
- das schikanöse definite includes-article neuter
- die schikanösen definite includes-article nominative
- des schikanösen definite genitive includes-article
- der schikanösen definite feminine genitive
- dem schikanösen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schikanös?
- /ʃikaˈnøːs/
- [ʃikaˈnøːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schikanös in German?
schikanös appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).