Schildbürgerstreich
German, noun/ˈʃɪltbʏʁɡɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç/
Schildbürgerstreich is spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-S-T-R-E-I-C-H (19 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schildbürgerstreich is a German masculine noun meaning “folly; foolish act” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dumme Handlung, deren Absicht nicht funktioniert oder deren Zweck komplett verfehlt wird; heute häufig auf…”.
What does Schildbürgerstreich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefolly; foolish act
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dumme Handlung, deren Absicht nicht funktioniert oder deren Zweck komplett verfehlt wird; heute häufig auf Fehlplanungen der öffentlichen Hand bezogen
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 Schildbürgerstreich
- Schildbürgerstreiches genitive
- Schildbürgerstreichs genitive
- Schildbürgerstreiche plural
- Schildbürgerstreichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schildbürgerstreich?
- /ˈʃɪltbʏʁɡɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç/
- [ˈʃɪltbʏʁɡɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schildbürgerstreich in German?
Schildbürgerstreich appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).