schmählich
[ˈʃmɛːlɪç]
The verdict
“schmählich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf verachtenswerte Weise
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmahlich · schmählich · German
schmählich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | schmählich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɛːlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schmählich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schmählich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃmɛːlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf verachtenswerte Weise".
No misspelling variants are generated for schmählich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schmählich, spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf verachtenswerte Weise
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schmählich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Schriftsteller buhlt auf ebenso schmähliche Weise wie ein Politiker oder sonst ein Scharlatan um sein Publikum.“
Antonyms
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.