Schuft

[ʃʊft]

/[ʃʊft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Schuft” is uncommon German (frequency #60,051 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,051
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gemeiner, niederträchtiger Mensch

Corpus desk

Index DE-schuft · Schuft · German

Schuft · rank #60,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,051
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schubkarre

Nearest frequency peer: Schubkarre (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Schuft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Schuft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Schuft
PropertyValue
HeadwordSchuft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃʊft]
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Schuft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Schuftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schubkarre“ (#60,050), „Schuldspruch“ (#60,052), „Schrödingers“ (#60,049). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Schuft“ bei #60,051. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Schuft is uncommon German at frequency #60,051 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃʊft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gemeiner, niederträchtiger Mensch".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schuft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schuft, spelled S-C-H-U-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    gemeiner, niederträchtiger Mensch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Schuft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Peter ist ein elender Schuft, er lebt ständig auf Kosten anderer und lügt wie gedruckt.
  2. Du Schuft! Hättest du mir nicht wenigstens einen Schokoriegel übrig lassen können?

Synonyms

GaunerHalunkeLumpSchubbejackSchubiackSchurkeKanaille

This word in other languages

scoundrel(English)canalla(Español)crapule(Français)sacripanta(Português)

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 "Schuft"?
"Schuft" is spelled S-C-H-U-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃʊft].
What does "Schuft" mean?
As a noun, "Schuft" means: gemeiner, niederträchtiger Mensch
How do you pronounce "Schuft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Schuft" is [ʃʊft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Schuft" come from?
"Schuft" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Schuft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sekret#60,069Samira#60,024Sitzes#60,079rostet#60,014

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list