Skandal
German, noun/skanˈdaːl/
Skandal is spelled S-K-A-N-D-A-L (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skandal is a German masculine noun meaning “scandal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ereignis, das für Aufsehen und Wirbel sorgt und auf Ablehnung stößt”.
What does Skandal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescandal
- 2
datedmasculinenoise, a racket
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ereignis, das für Aufsehen und Wirbel sorgt und auf Ablehnung stößt
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 Skandal
- Skandals genitive
- Skandale plural
- Skandalen dative definite plural
- Skandalon alternative
- Skandälchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Skandal?
- /skanˈdaːl/
- [skanˈdaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Skandal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Skandal in German?
Skandal appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).