Schäferin
German, noun/ˈʃɛːfɐʁɪn/
Schäferin is spelled S-C-H-Ä-F-E-R-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schäferin is a German feminine noun meaning “shepherdess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weibliche Person, die sich erwerbsmäßig mit dem Halten und Züchten von Schafen beschäftigt”.
What does Schäferin mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshepherdess
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weibliche Person, die sich erwerbsmäßig mit dem Halten und Züchten von Schafen beschäftigt
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 Schäferin
- Schäferinnen plural
- Schäfer masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schäferin?
- /ˈʃɛːfɐʁɪn/
- /ˈʃeːfɐʁɪn/
- [ˈʃɛːfəʁɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schäferin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schäferin in German?
Schäferin appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).