Chinaschilf
German, noun[ˈçiːnaˌʃɪlf]
Chinaschilf is a German neuter noun meaning “eulalia, Chinese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis (syn. Eulalia japonica), used as an ornamental grass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausdauernde Pflanzenart, aus der Familie der Süßgräser (Poaceae), die auch Chinaschilf genannt wird”.
What does Chinaschilf mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutereulalia, Chinese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis (syn. Eulalia japonica), used as an ornamental grass.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausdauernde Pflanzenart, aus der Familie der Süßgräser (Poaceae), die auch Chinaschilf genannt wird
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 Chinaschilf
- Chinaschilfes genitive
- Chinaschilfs genitive
- Chinaschilfe plural
- Chinaschilfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chinaschilf?
- [ˈçiːnaˌʃɪlf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Chinaschilf in German?
Chinaschilf appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).