schlechtweg
German, adjective/ˈʃlɛçtveːk/
schlechtweg is spelled S-C-H-L-E-C-H-T-W-E-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlechtweg is a German adjective meaning “alternative form of schlichtweg (“simply, plainly”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does schlechtweg mean in English?
adjective
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datedalternative form of schlichtweg (“simply, plainly”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce schlechtweg?
- /ˈʃlɛçtveːk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schlechtweg in German?
schlechtweg appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).