schmähe
[ˈʃmɛːə]
The verdict
“schmähe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmähen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmahe · schmähe · German
schmähe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schmähe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛːə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmähe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmähe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmɛːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
schmähe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schmähe, spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmähen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmähen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmähen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmähen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.