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Schauer

German, noun

Schauer is spelled S-C-H-A-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schauer is a German masculine noun meaning “shower (brief period of precipitation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of schauen: one who looks. In lower case, schauer is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Regenschauer: kurzer, heftiger Niederschlag analog: Schneeschauer”.

What does Schauer mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshower (brief period of precipitation)

  2. 2

    masculineshower (instance of something bursting forth like a rainshower)

  3. 3

    masculineshudder, shiver, sudden thrill

noun

  1. 1

    archaicmasculineneuterroof or open shed for taking shelter

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerareagent noun of schauen: one who looks

  2. 2

    archaicmasculineobsoleteinspector, one who inspects (e.g. the quality of goods)

noun

  1. 1

    archaicmasculinedock worker who loads and unloads ships, lumper

verb

as schauer
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Regenschauer: kurzer, heftiger Niederschlag analog: Schneeschauer 2. Angstschauer: körperliche Reaktion (zum Beispiel Hautzucken) infolge starker Angstgefühle

noun: 1. offener Schuppen

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 Schauer

  • Schauers genitive
  • Schauern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Schauer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schauer in German?

Schauer appears 4.1 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).

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