Schmähkritik
German, noun/ˈʃmɛːkʁiˌtiːk/
Schmähkritik is spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-K-R-I-T-I-K (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmähkritik is a German feminine noun meaning “abusive criticism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Äußerung, durch welche eine bestimmte Person diffamiert werden soll und es nicht mehr um eine konstruktive…”.
What does Schmähkritik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabusive criticism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Äußerung, durch welche eine bestimmte Person diffamiert werden soll und es nicht mehr um eine konstruktive Auseinandersetzung in einer bestimmten Angelegenheit geht
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 Schmähkritik
- Schmähkritiken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmähkritik?
- /ˈʃmɛːkʁiˌtiːk/
- /ˈʃmɛːkʁiˌtɪk/
- [ˈʃmɛːkʁiˌtiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schmähkritik in German?
Schmähkritik appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).