schildern
German, verb
schildern is a German verb meaning “to depict (with words), to narrate, tell vividly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schildern is a different word: “dative plural of Schild”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas anschaulich und detailreich erzählen, beschreiben”.
What does schildern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to depict (with words), to narrate, tell vividly
Der Autor schildert die Erlebnisse seines Helden in bunten Farben.
- 2
archaicto depict (by illustration), to paint, draw
verb
- 1
to be in full feather and have a characteristic spot on the breast
- 2
obsoleteto stand guard, to patrol
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Schild
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas anschaulich und detailreich erzählen, beschreiben
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 schildern
- schildert present singular third-person
- schilderte past
- geschildert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schildernd participle present
- schildre first-person indicative present
- schildere first-person indicative present
- schilder first-person indicative present
- schilderst indicative present second-person
- schilderest second-person singular subjunctive
- schildrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schilderet plural second-person subjunctive
- schildret plural second-person subjunctive
- schilderten first-person indicative plural
- schildertest indicative preterite second-person
- schildertet indicative plural preterite
- schildere! imperative singular
- schildert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schildern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schildern in German?
schildern appears 5.1 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).