schmälern
German, verb/ˈʃmɛːlɐn/
schmälern is spelled S-C-H-M-Ä-L-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmälern is a German verb meaning “to reduce, to diminish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geringer oder weniger machen”.
What does schmälern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reduce, to diminish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. geringer oder weniger machen
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 schmälern
- schmälert present singular third-person
- schmälerte past
- geschmälert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schmälernd participle present
- schmälre first-person indicative present
- schmälere first-person indicative present
- schmäler first-person indicative present
- schmälerst indicative present second-person
- schmälerest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmälrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmäleret plural second-person subjunctive
- schmälret plural second-person subjunctive
- schmälerten first-person indicative plural
- schmälertest indicative preterite second-person
- schmälertet indicative plural preterite
- schmälere! imperative singular
- schmälert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmälern?
- /ˈʃmɛːlɐn/
- /ˈʃmeːlɐn/
- [ˈʃmɛːlɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmälern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmälern in German?
schmälern appears 1.1 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).