Schmonzes
[ˈʃmɔnt͡səs]
The verdict
“Schmonzes” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - belangloses, leeres Gerede; Vortäuschungen; Worte, die ergreifen und gefügig stimmen sollen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schmonzes · Schmonzes · German
Schmonzes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schmonzes |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃmɔnt͡səs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schmonzes“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schmonzes is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃmɔnt͡səs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Schmonzes, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schmonzes, spelled S-C-H-M-O-N-Z-E-S.
Definition
- 1belangloses, leeres Gerede; Vortäuschungen; Worte, die ergreifen und gefügig stimmen sollen
- 2wertlose Ware
- 3unnützes Zeug; wertloses Zeug; Kitsch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schmonzes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Kanzler beginnt seine Rede ohne Schnörkel und Schmonzes, er verbeugt sich nicht nach dort und da, er gratuliert nicht erst lange dem neugewählten IG-Metall-Vorstand, er beschwört nicht vorweg gemeinsame Werte und Überzeugungen, er vermeidet alles, was als Anbiederung ausschauen könnte, schmiert keinem Honig um den Mund.“
„Zugstücke und ausverkaufte Häuser brauch' ich, nicht literarische Schmonzes, die in den Zeitungen gelobt werden und keine Katz' ins Theater locken!“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.