Schmähschrift
German, noun/ˈʃmɛːˌʃʁɪft/
Schmähschrift is spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-H-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmähschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “lampoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leidenschaftlich, verächtlich machend gegen eine Sache oder Person verfasstes Schriftstück, bei dem…”.
What does Schmähschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelampoon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leidenschaftlich, verächtlich machend gegen eine Sache oder Person verfasstes Schriftstück, bei dem Sachlichkeit in den Hintergrund tritt
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 Schmähschrift
- Schmähschriften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmähschrift?
- /ˈʃmɛːˌʃʁɪft/
- /ˈʃmeː-/
- [ˈʃmɛːˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmähschrift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmähschrift in German?
Schmähschrift appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).