Schurkenstaat
German, noun/ˈʃʊʁkn̩ˌʃtaːt/
Schurkenstaat is spelled S-C-H-U-R-K-E-N-S-T-A-A-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schurkenstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “rogue state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Staat, der eine Gefahr für die Weltsicherheit darstellt, da er angeblich den weltweiten Terrorismus durch…”.
What does Schurkenstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerogue state
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Staat, der eine Gefahr für die Weltsicherheit darstellt, da er angeblich den weltweiten Terrorismus durch etwaige Zuwendungen fördert
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 Schurkenstaat
- Schurkenstaates genitive
- Schurkenstaats genitive
- Schurkenstaaten plural
- Schurkenstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schurkenstaat?
- /ˈʃʊʁkn̩ˌʃtaːt/
- [ˈʃʊʁkn̩ˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schurkenstaat in German?
Schurkenstaat appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).