schmecke

[ˈʃmɛkə]

/[ˈʃmɛkə]/ verb

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The verdict

“schmecke” is uncommon German (frequency #56,507 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,507
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-schmecke · schmecke · German

schmecke · rank #56,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,507
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schmarrn

Nearest frequency peer: Schmarrn (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schmecke“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schmecke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schmecke
PropertyValue
Headwordschmecke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃmɛkə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schmecke“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schmeckefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schmarrn“ (#56,506), „Schneeball“ (#56,508), „schlängelt“ (#56,505). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schmecke“ bei #56,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schmecke is uncommon German at frequency #56,507 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃmɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for schmecke in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schmecke, spelled S-C-H-M-E-C-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schmecke"?
"schmecke" is spelled S-C-H-M-E-C-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃmɛkə].
What does "schmecke" mean?
As a verb, "schmecke" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schmecken
How do you pronounce "schmecke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schmecke" is [ˈʃmɛkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schmecke" come from?
"schmecke" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schmecke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schmarrn#56,506schinden#56,502rosemary#56,481Reiterei#56,466

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list