Schachuhr
German, noun/ˈʃaxˌʔuːɐ̯/
Schachuhr is spelled S-C-H-A-C-H-U-H-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schachuhr is a German feminine noun meaning “chess clock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “spezielle Uhr mit zwei Uhrwerken und Zeitanzeigen, die zur Begrenzung der Bedenkzeit beim Schach dient”.
What does Schachuhr mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechess clock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spezielle Uhr mit zwei Uhrwerken und Zeitanzeigen, die zur Begrenzung der Bedenkzeit beim Schach dient
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 Schachuhr
- Schachuhren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schachuhr?
- /ˈʃaxˌʔuːɐ̯/
- [ˈʃaxˌʔuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schachuhr in German?
Schachuhr appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).