schroff
German, adjective/ʃʁɔf/
schroff is spelled S-C-H-R-O-F-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schroff is a German adjective meaning “steep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Verhalten hart und unfreundlich”.
What does schroff mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep
- 2
gruff, bluff, harsh, rugged, brusque
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Verhalten hart und unfreundlich 2. steil aufsteigend oder abfallend
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 schroff
- schroffer masculine nominative singular
- am schroffsten superlative
- schroffe feminine nominative singular
- schroffes neuter nominative singular
- schroffen genitive masculine singular
- schroffem dative masculine singular
- der schroffe definite includes-article masculine
- die schroffe definite feminine includes-article
- das schroffe definite includes-article neuter
- die schroffen definite includes-article nominative
- des schroffen definite genitive includes-article
- der schroffen definite feminine genitive
- dem schroffen dative definite includes-article
- am schroffesten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schroff?
- /ʃʁɔf/
- [ʃʁɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schroff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schroff in German?
schroff appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).