Schurke
German, noun/ˈʃʊrkə/
Schurke is spelled S-C-H-U-R-K-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schurke is a German masculine noun meaning “villain, scoundrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der moralisch verwerflich handelt”.
What does Schurke mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevillain, scoundrel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der moralisch verwerflich handelt
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 Schurke
- Schurken genitive
- Schurkin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schurke?
- /ˈʃʊrkə/
- [ˈʃʊʁ.kə]
- [ˈʃʊɐ̯.kə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schurke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schurke in German?
Schurke appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).