Schmackes
German, noun/ˈʃmakəs/
Schmackes is spelled S-C-H-M-A-C-K-E-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmackes is a German masculine noun meaning “power, force, vigour, especially when hitting or moving something heavy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Kraftaufwand, Nachdruck, große Wucht”.
What does Schmackes mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinepower, force, vigour, especially when hitting or moving something heavy
Versuch’s noch mal, aber diesmal mit mehr Schmackes!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer Kraftaufwand, Nachdruck, große Wucht 2. impulsartige physische Krafteinwirkung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Schmackes?
- /ˈʃmakəs/
- [ˈʃmakəs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmackes
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmackes in German?
Schmackes appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).