schmähend
[ˈʃmɛːənt]
The verdict
“schmähend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand oder etwas durch Reden herabwürdigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmahend · schmähend · German
schmähend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | schmähend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛːənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmähend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmähend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmɛːənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand oder etwas durch Reden herabwürdigend".
Zero misspellings are on record for schmähend in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schmähend, spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1jemand oder etwas durch Reden herabwürdigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schmähend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Substantiv Schmähung dagegen wurde vom Verb abgeleitet (nicht vom Adjektiv) und bezeichnet einerseits die Tätigkeit des Schmähens, andererseits ein schmähendes Wort, einen schmähenden Ausdruck, eine schmähende Rede, Aussage, Beschuldigung etc.“
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.