schroffe

[ˈʃʁɔfə]

/[ˈʃʁɔfə]/ adj

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The verdict

“schroffe” is uncommon German (frequency #75,034 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,034
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff

Key facts for schroffe
PropertyValue
Headwordschroffe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃʁɔfə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “schroffe” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). schroffe lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schroffe is uncommon German at frequency #75,034 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃʁɔfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

schroffe has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 schroffe, spelled S-C-H-R-O-F-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schroffe"?
"schroffe" is spelled S-C-H-R-O-F-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃʁɔfə].
What does "schroffe" mean?
As an adjective, "schroffe" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs schroff
How do you pronounce "schroffe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schroffe" is [ˈʃʁɔfə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schroffe" come from?
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Using “schroffe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-R-O-F-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʃʁɔfə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list