Schmalhans
German, noun/ˈʃmaːlˌhans/
Schmalhans is spelled S-C-H-M-A-L-H-A-N-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmalhans is a German masculine noun meaning “someone who is miserly and avaricious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die nicht gerne bereit ist, Geld auszugeben”.
What does Schmalhans mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who is miserly and avaricious
Da ist Schmalhans Küchenmeister.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die nicht gerne bereit ist, Geld auszugeben 2. Person, die wenig zu essen hat und deswegen Hunger leidet 3. Hunger, an dem jemand leidet
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 Schmalhans
- Schmalhanses genitive
- Schmalhanse plural
- Schmalhansen dative definite plural
- Schmalhans’ genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmalhans?
- /ˈʃmaːlˌhans/
- [ˈʃmaːlˌhans]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schmalhans in German?
Schmalhans appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).