schnurgerade
German, adjective/ˈʃnuːɐ̯ɡəˌʁaːdə/
schnurgerade is spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-G-E-R-A-D-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnurgerade is a German adjective meaning “dead straight, straightway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz und gar gerade”.
What does schnurgerade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dead straight, straightway
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ganz und gar gerade
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 schnurgerade
- schnurgerader masculine nominative singular
- schnurgerades neuter nominative singular
- schnurgeraden genitive masculine singular
- schnurgeradem dative masculine singular
- der schnurgerade definite includes-article masculine
- die schnurgerade definite feminine includes-article
- das schnurgerade definite includes-article neuter
- die schnurgeraden definite includes-article nominative
- des schnurgeraden definite genitive includes-article
- der schnurgeraden definite feminine genitive
- dem schnurgeraden dative definite includes-article
- den schnurgeraden dative definite includes-article
- ein schnurgerader includes-article indefinite masculine
- schnurgrade variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnurgerade?
- /ˈʃnuːɐ̯ɡəˌʁaːdə/
- [ˈʃnuːɐ̯ɡəˌʁaːdə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schnurgerade in German?
schnurgerade appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).