Schmacht
German, noun
Schmacht is spelled S-C-H-M-A-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmacht is a German feminine noun meaning “ravenous hunger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schmacht is a different word: “singular imperative of schmachten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Hunger und Durst”.
What does Schmacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineravenous hunger
- 2
feminineinformalmasculinecraving, desire
- 3
femininemasculinepining, languour, longing, nostalgia, (most often derogatory) schmaltz, sentimentality
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schmachten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer Hunger und Durst 2. Verlangen nach einer Person oder Sache 3. Sehnsucht nach einer Person oder Sache
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 Schmacht
- Schmachtes genitive
- Schmachts genitive
- Schmachte dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schmacht in German?
Schmacht appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).