Schmand
German, noun/ʃmant/
Schmand is spelled S-C-H-M-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmand is a German masculine noun meaning “thick, fermented (soured) cream; smetana, sour cream (with a high fat content)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fettreiche saure Sahne, saure Sahne mit einem Fettgehalt von 20 bis 29 %”.
What does Schmand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethick, fermented (soured) cream; smetana, sour cream (with a high fat content)
- 2
masculinerareMilk skin, lactoderm (a sticky film of coagulated proteins, namely casein, that forms on the surface of heated milk just before reaching the boiling point)
- 3
masculinemud, sludge, slush
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fettreiche saure Sahne, saure Sahne mit einem Fettgehalt von 20 bis 29 % 2. leeres Gerede, Stuss, artikulierter Unsinn oder Irrsinn 3. feuchter Schmutz, Schlamm, Matsch, Modder; nasse Erde in Bergwerken, schwefelgelbe Erde beim Vitriolsieden
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 Schmand
- Schmandes genitive
- Schmands genitive
- Schmande dative singular
- Schmant alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmand?
- /ʃmant/
- [ʃmant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmand in German?
Schmand appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).