Schalom
German, interjection/ʃaˈlɔm/
Schalom is spelled S-C-H-A-L-O-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schalom is a German interjection meaning “shalom (greeting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schalom mean in English?
interjection
- 1
shalom (greeting)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. »Frieden!«, eine hebräische Begrüßungsformel
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 Schalom
- Schalom! canonical
- Shalom alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schalom?
- /ʃaˈlɔm/
- [ʃaˈlɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schalom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schalom in German?
Schalom appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).