Waldschrat
German, noun/ˈvaltʃʁaːt/
Waldschrat is spelled W-A-L-D-S-C-H-R-A-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Waldschrat is a German masculine noun meaning “leshy, wood gnome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines, bärtiges, barfüßiges, helfendes Wesen, das in einem Schrazloch haust und den Menschen nicht mehr…”.
What does Waldschrat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleshy, wood gnome
- 2
derogatorymasculineslob; weirdo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines, bärtiges, barfüßiges, helfendes Wesen, das in einem Schrazloch haust und den Menschen nicht mehr geschaffte Arbeiten über Nacht erledigt 2. hässlicher oder unordentlich aussehender Mann
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 Waldschrat
- Waldschrates genitive
- Waldschrats genitive
- Waldschrate plural
- Waldschraten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Waldschrat?
- /ˈvaltʃʁaːt/
- [ˈvaltˌʃʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Waldschrat in German?
Waldschrat appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).