schrottreif
German, adjective/ˈʃʁɔtˌʁaɪ̯f/
schrottreif is spelled S-C-H-R-O-T-T-R-E-I-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrottreif is a German adjective meaning “ready to be scrapped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so stark beschädigt/defekt, dass es nur noch entsorgt/abgerissen werden kann”.
What does schrottreif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ready to be scrapped
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so stark beschädigt/defekt, dass es nur noch entsorgt/abgerissen werden kann
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 schrottreif
- schrottreifer masculine nominative singular
- am schrottreifsten superlative
- schrottreife feminine nominative singular
- schrottreifes neuter nominative singular
- schrottreifen genitive masculine singular
- schrottreifem dative masculine singular
- der schrottreife definite includes-article masculine
- die schrottreife definite feminine includes-article
- das schrottreife definite includes-article neuter
- die schrottreifen definite includes-article nominative
- des schrottreifen definite genitive includes-article
- der schrottreifen definite feminine genitive
- dem schrottreifen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schrottreif?
- /ˈʃʁɔtˌʁaɪ̯f/
- [ˈʃʁɔtˌʁaɪ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schrottreif in German?
schrottreif appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).