Schau
German, noun
Schau is spelled S-C-H-A-U (5 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written German, the 976th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schau is a German feminine noun meaning “show” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schau is a different word: “singular imperative of schauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “thematisch organisierte öffentliche Ausstellung”.
What does Schau mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshow
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. thematisch organisierte öffentliche Ausstellung 2. öffentliche Aufführung eines Ereignisses 3. intuitive Wesenserfassung von etwas 4. Blickwinkel auf etwas
adjective: 1. Modewort, jugendsprachlich, veraltet, berlinisch (vor allem Ostberlin): chic, toll, außerordentlich; positive Bewertung ausdrückend
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 Schau
- Schauen plural
- schauer comparative
- am schausten superlative
- am schauesten superlative
- schaue positive nominative strong
- schaues positive nominative strong
- schauen positive genitive strong
- schauem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schau in German?
Schau appears 89 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).