Schwarzseher
German, noun[ˈʃvaʁt͡szeːɐ]
Schwarzseher is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-S-E-H-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwarzseher is a German masculine noun meaning “pessimist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der alles - besonders Zukünftiges - pessimistisch betrachtet”.
What does Schwarzseher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepessimist
- 2
masculinesomeone who watches television without paying their television licence.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der alles - besonders Zukünftiges - pessimistisch betrachtet 2. jemand, der illegal fernsieht (also ohne Gebühren zu bezahlen)
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 Schwarzseher
- Schwarzsehers genitive
- Schwarzseherin feminine
- Schwarzsehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwarzseher?
- [ˈʃvaʁt͡szeːɐ]
- [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌzeːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwarzseher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwarzseher in German?
Schwarzseher appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).