schmerzhaft
German, adjective/ˈʃmɛʁt͡shaft/
schmerzhaft is spelled S-C-H-M-E-R-Z-H-A-F-T (11 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmerzhaft is a German adjective meaning “painful (causing physical or emotional pain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schmerzen bereitend, mit Schmerzen verbunden”.
What does schmerzhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
painful (causing physical or emotional pain)
Der Rohrstock war im Fürsorgeheim als besonders schmerzhaftes Erziehungsinstrument für empfindliche Vergehen vorgesehen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Schmerzen bereitend, mit Schmerzen verbunden
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 schmerzhaft
- schmerzhafter masculine nominative singular
- am schmerzhaftesten superlative
- schmerzhafte feminine nominative singular
- schmerzhaftes neuter nominative singular
- schmerzhaften genitive masculine singular
- schmerzhaftem dative masculine singular
- der schmerzhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die schmerzhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das schmerzhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die schmerzhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des schmerzhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der schmerzhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem schmerzhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schmerzhaft?
- /ˈʃmɛʁt͡shaft/
- [ˈʃmɛʁt͡shaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schmerzhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmerzhaft in German?
schmerzhaft appears 6.3 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).