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schnöde

German, adjective[ˈʃnøːdə]

schnöde is spelled S-C-H-N-Ö-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnöde is a German adjective meaning “despicable, vile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verachtenswert, erbärmlich, niederträchtig”.

What does schnöde mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    despicable, vile

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. verachtenswert, erbärmlich, niederträchtig 2. beleidigend, demütigend, unanständig, verletzend

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 schnöde

  • schnöder masculine nominative singular
  • am schnödesten superlative
  • schnödes neuter nominative singular
  • schnöden genitive masculine singular
  • schnödem dative masculine singular
  • der schnöde definite includes-article masculine
  • die schnöde definite feminine includes-article
  • das schnöde definite includes-article neuter
  • die schnöden definite includes-article nominative
  • des schnöden definite genitive includes-article
  • der schnöden definite feminine genitive
  • dem schnöden dative definite includes-article
  • den schnöden dative definite includes-article
  • schnöd variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schnöde?

  • [ˈʃnøːdə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to schnöde

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is schnöde in German?

schnöde 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).

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