schofel
[ˈʃoːfl̩]
The verdict
“schofel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in empörender, verachtenswürdiger oder ähnlicher Art und Weise böse, minderwertig, niederträchtig, schäbig
Corpus desk
Index DE-schofel · schofel · German
schofel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | schofel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃoːfl̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schofel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schofel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃoːfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
schofel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 schofel, spelled S-C-H-O-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1in empörender, verachtenswürdiger oder ähnlicher Art und Weise böse, minderwertig, niederträchtig, schäbig
- 2in beschämender Weise kleinlich, geizig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schofel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In diesen primären Ur-Kabaretts und schofel improvisierten Theatern hörte und sah man wirklich, was man sonst in der ganzen Kulturwelt nirgends zu hören und zu sehen bekommen konnte: dunkle Vers-Schmiede ohne Namen und ohne Patent, die mit der Unflätigkeit eines Thersites paradierten und sich in einer unvermuteten Strophe als von apollinischen Weihen beg…
„Ein dicker Brodem von Körperlichkeit, ein Gestank nach schofelster Sinnlichkeit macht sich immer breiter.“
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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.