Schäfchen
German, noun/ˈʃɛːfçn̩/
Schäfchen is spelled S-C-H-Ä-F-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schäfchen is a German neuter noun meaning “diminutive of Schaf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Schaf”.
What does Schäfchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Schaf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Schaf 2. Menschen, die in jemandes Obhut stehen, die Gläubigen einer religiösen Gemeinschaft oder Kinder 3. Schäfchenwolke 4. Kosewort (meist für ein Kind)
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 Schäfchen
- Schäfchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schäfchen?
- /ˈʃɛːfçn̩/
- /ˈʃɛːfçən/
- /ˈʃeːfçn̩/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schäfchen in German?
Schäfchen appears 1.1 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).