schuld
German, adjective
schuld is spelled S-C-H-U-L-D (6 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written German, the 999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schuld is a German adjective meaning “only used in schuld sein (“to be at fault”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schuld is a different word: “debt”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Schuld tragend”.
What does schuld mean in English?
adjective
- 1
only used in schuld sein (“to be at fault”)
noun
- 1
femininedebt
- 2
femininefault
- 3
feminineguilt
- 4
feminineblame, responsibility
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verbindlichkeit, Pflicht, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen 2. neben Tatbestandsmäßigkeit und Rechtswidrigkeit eine Strafbarkeitsvoraussetzung 3. meist Plural: Verpflichtung zu einer Leistung an einen Dritten, in Geld oder sonstigen Werten 4. moralisches Fehlverhalten oder die Last infolge des Fehlverhaltens
adjective: 1. die Schuld tragend
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 schuld
- Schulden plural
- schulder masculine nominative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schuld
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schuld in German?
schuld appears 87 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).