scheibchenweise
German, adjective/ˈʃaɪ̯pçənˌvaɪ̯zə/
scheibchenweise is spelled S-C-H-E-I-B-C-H-E-N-W-E-I-S-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheibchenweise is a German adjective meaning “piecemeal, piece-by-piece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does scheibchenweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in small slices
- 2
little by little, bit by bit
adjective
- 1
piecemeal, piece-by-piece
eine scheibchenweise Reform
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in dünnen Scheiben 2. nach und nach
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 scheibchenweise
- scheibchenweiser masculine nominative singular
- scheibchenweises neuter nominative singular
- scheibchenweisen genitive masculine singular
- scheibchenweisem dative masculine singular
- der scheibchenweise definite includes-article masculine
- die scheibchenweise definite feminine includes-article
- das scheibchenweise definite includes-article neuter
- die scheibchenweisen definite includes-article nominative
- des scheibchenweisen definite genitive includes-article
- der scheibchenweisen definite feminine genitive
- dem scheibchenweisen dative definite includes-article
- den scheibchenweisen dative definite includes-article
- ein scheibchenweiser includes-article indefinite masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scheibchenweise?
- /ˈʃaɪ̯pçənˌvaɪ̯zə/
- [ˈʃaɪ̯pçənˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scheibchenweise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scheibchenweise in German?
scheibchenweise appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).