schattenhaft
German, adjective/ˈʃatn̩haft/
schattenhaft is spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schattenhaft is a German adjective meaning “shadowy, fuzzy, vague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art eines Schattens”.
What does schattenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shadowy, fuzzy, vague
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art eines Schattens
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 schattenhaft
- schattenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am schattenhaftesten superlative
- schattenhafte feminine nominative singular
- schattenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- schattenhaften genitive masculine singular
- schattenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der schattenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die schattenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das schattenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die schattenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des schattenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der schattenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem schattenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schattenhaft?
- /ˈʃatn̩haft/
- [ˈʃatn̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schattenhaft in German?
schattenhaft appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).