Schwarzmalerei
German, noun[ˈʃvaʁt͡smaːləˌʁaɪ̯]
Schwarzmalerei is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-M-A-L-E-R-E-I (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwarzmalerei is a German feminine noun meaning “pessimism, doom and gloom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pessimistische Darstellung, meist von Zukunftsaussichten”.
What does Schwarzmalerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepessimism, doom and gloom
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessimistische Darstellung, meist von Zukunftsaussichten
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 Schwarzmalerei
- Schwarzmalereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwarzmalerei?
- [ˈʃvaʁt͡smaːləˌʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwarzmalerei in German?
Schwarzmalerei appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).