schmähen
[ˈʃmɛːən]
The verdict
“schmähen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit verachtenden Worten beleidigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmahen · schmähen · German
schmähen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | schmähen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛːən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmähen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmähen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmɛːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit verachtenden Worten beleidigen".
Zero misspellings are on record for schmähen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is schmähen, spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit verachtenden Worten beleidigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schmähen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Harald Schmidt darf Klinsmann nicht mehr schmähen.“ (rz-online)
„Erst werden die Menschen unters Joch gezwungen und dann als knechtisch verachtet, unterdrückt und dann von oben herab behandelt, verdummt und ihrer Dummheit wegen verhöhnt, versklavt und als Sklaven geschmäht.“
This word in other languages
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.