Schorf
German, noun/ʃɔʁf/
Schorf is spelled S-C-H-O-R-F (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schorf is a German masculine noun meaning “scab (incrustation over a wound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, was sich abschürft, abblättert, etwas, das abgestoßen wird”.
What does Schorf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescab (incrustation over a wound)
- 2
informalmasculinevarious kinds of scab-like skin diseases or conditions, such as scabies, scurf, dandruff
- 3
masculinescab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, was sich abschürft, abblättert, etwas, das abgestoßen wird 2. Räude, Krätze 3. sich über einer in Heilung begriffenen Wunde befindliche Kruste (Verkrustung) aus geronnenem Blut 4. Schuppen der Kopfhaut
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 Schorf
- Schorfes genitive
- Schorfs genitive
- Schorfe plural
- Schorfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schorf?
- /ʃɔʁf/
- [ʃɔʁf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schorf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schorf in German?
Schorf appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).