Schäfer
German, noun/ˈʃɛːfər/
Schäfer is spelled S-C-H-Ä-F-E-R (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schäfer is a German masculine noun meaning “shepherd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beruf, der sich erwerbsmäßig mit dem Halten und Züchten von Schafen beschäftigt”.
What does Schäfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshepherd
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beruf, der sich erwerbsmäßig mit dem Halten und Züchten von Schafen beschäftigt 2. Person, die dieser Tätigkeit nachgeht
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 Schäfer
- Schäfers genitive
- Schäferin feminine
- Schäfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schäfer?
- /ˈʃɛːfər/
- [ˈʃɛː.fɐ]
- [ˈʃeː.fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schäfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schäfer in German?
Schäfer appears 10 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).