Schalter
German, noun/ˈʃaltɐ/
Schalter is spelled S-C-H-A-L-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schalter is a German masculine noun meaning “switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “elektrisches Bauelement zur Herstellung oder Unterbrechung einer elektrischen Verbindung”.
What does Schalter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswitch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)
- 2
masculineinformation window, ticket window, box office (staffed cabin)
- 3
masculinea counter in a train station, bank, state office, or similar place where a cabin as above would normally be found (even if it happens not to be one)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elektrisches Bauelement zur Herstellung oder Unterbrechung einer elektrischen Verbindung 2. abgeteilter Raum oder Bereich zur Abfertigung des Publikums in einer Halle oder einem größeren Raum (zum Beispiel Bahnhof, Bank oder Post)
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 Schalter
- Schalters genitive
- Schaltern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schalter?
- /ˈʃaltɐ/
- [ˈʃaltɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schalter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schalter in German?
Schalter appears 6.9 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).