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Schummelei

German, noun[ʃʊməˈlaɪ̯]

Schummelei is spelled S-C-H-U-M-M-E-L-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schummelei is a German feminine noun meaning “cheating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Schummelei mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineinformalcheating

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Schummelei

  • Schummeleien plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Schummelei?

  • [ʃʊməˈlaɪ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Schummelei

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schummelei in German?

Schummelei appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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