schmähen
German, verb/ˈʃmɛː.ən/
schmähen is spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmähen is a German verb meaning “to revile; mock; verbally abuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit verachtenden Worten beleidigen”.
What does schmähen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to revile; mock; verbally abuse
- 2
to blaspheme
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit verachtenden Worten beleidigen
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 schmähen
- schmäht present singular third-person
- schmähte past
- geschmäht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schmähend participle present
- schmähe first-person indicative present
- schmähst indicative present second-person
- schmähest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmähet plural second-person subjunctive
- schmähten first-person indicative plural
- schmähtest indicative preterite second-person
- schmähtet indicative plural preterite
- schmäh imperative second-person singular
- habe geschmäht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschmäht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schmähe! imperative singular
- schmäh! imperative singular
- schmäht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmähen?
- standard /ˈʃmɛː.ən/
- /ˈʃmeː.ən/
- [ˈʃmɛːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmähen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmähen in German?
schmähen 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).