schmal
German, adjective/ʃmaːl/
schmal is spelled S-C-H-M-A-L (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmal is a German adjective meaning “narrow, slender (not wide, comparatively long), small” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wenig breit, keine große Ausdehnung in der Breite aufweisend”.
What does schmal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
narrow, slender (not wide, comparatively long), small
- 2
meagre, scarce
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wenig breit, keine große Ausdehnung in der Breite aufweisend 2. wenig, knapp, unzureichend 3. im zweiten Lebensjahr seiend
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 schmal
- schmaler masculine nominative singular
- schmäler comparative
- am schmalsten superlative
- am schmälsten superlative
- schmale feminine nominative singular
- schmales neuter nominative singular
- schmalen genitive masculine singular
- schmalem dative masculine singular
- der schmale definite includes-article masculine
- die schmale definite feminine includes-article
- das schmale definite includes-article neuter
- die schmalen definite includes-article nominative
- des schmalen definite genitive includes-article
- der schmalen definite feminine genitive
- dem schmalen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmal?
- /ʃmaːl/
- [ʃmaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmal in German?
schmal appears 5.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).