Schatten
German, noun/ˈʃatən/
Schatten is spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schatten is a German masculine noun meaning “shade, shadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein nicht direkt beleuchteter Bereich”.
What does Schatten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshade, shadow
Der Schatten wandert
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein nicht direkt beleuchteter Bereich 2. die einem bestimmten Einwirken abgewandte Seite 3. (dunkler) Farbschleier 4. ständiger Begleiter
verb: 1. dem Licht im Wege stehen und einen Schatten geben (der als angenehm empfunden wird)
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 Schatten
- Schattens genitive
- Schatte alternative obsolete
- schatte present
- schattest present
- schattet present
- schattete past
- schatte! imperative singular
- schattet! imperative plural
- geschattet participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geschattet haben active infinitive perfect
- geschattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geschattet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- geschattet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- geschattet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu schatten active extended infinitive
- geschattet zu haben active extended infinitive
- geschattet zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schatten?
- /ˈʃatən/
- [ˈʃatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schatten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schatten in German?
Schatten appears 32 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).