schmeichelhaft
German, adjective[ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩haft]
schmeichelhaft is spelled S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-H-A-F-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmeichelhaft is a German adjective meaning “flattering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es Ansehen steigert und Aussehen positiv hervorhebt”.
What does schmeichelhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flattering
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es Ansehen steigert und Aussehen positiv hervorhebt
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 schmeichelhaft
- schmeichelhafter masculine nominative singular
- am schmeichelhaftesten superlative
- schmeichelhafte feminine nominative singular
- schmeichelhaftes neuter nominative singular
- schmeichelhaften genitive masculine singular
- schmeichelhaftem dative masculine singular
- der schmeichelhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die schmeichelhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das schmeichelhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die schmeichelhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des schmeichelhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der schmeichelhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem schmeichelhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmeichelhaft?
- [ˈʃmaɪ̯çl̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmeichelhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmeichelhaft in German?
schmeichelhaft appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).