Schmarotzer
German, noun/ʃmaˈʁɔtsɐ/
Schmarotzer is spelled S-C-H-M-A-R-O-T-Z-E-R (11 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmarotzer is a German masculine noun meaning “parasite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “faule Person, die vom Geld, von der Arbeit anderer lebt”.
What does Schmarotzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparasite
- 2
derogatorymasculinefreeloader, sponger (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. faule Person, die vom Geld, von der Arbeit anderer lebt 2. Organismus, der seine Nahrung (zum einseitigen Nutzen) auf Kosten anderer Pflanzen oder Tiere gewinnt, indem er auf oder in ihnen lebt
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 Schmarotzer
- Schmarotzers genitive
- Schmarotzerin feminine
- Schmarotzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schmarotzer?
- /ʃmaˈʁɔtsɐ/
- [ʃmaˈʁɔt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schmarotzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmarotzer in German?
Schmarotzer appears 1.6 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).