Scheintod
German, noun/ˈʃaɪ̯ntoːt/
Scheintod is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-T-O-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheintod is a German masculine noun meaning “a condition in which a living being is without consciousness or signs of life, and so appears dead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand der Bewusstlosigkeit bei einem Lebewesen, in dem nicht ohne Weiteres beurteilt werden kann, ob es…”.
What does Scheintod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea condition in which a living being is without consciousness or signs of life, and so appears dead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand der Bewusstlosigkeit bei einem Lebewesen, in dem nicht ohne Weiteres beurteilt werden kann, ob es lebt oder tot ist
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 Scheintod
- Scheintodes genitive
- Scheintods genitive
- Scheintode plural
- Scheintoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scheintod?
- /ˈʃaɪ̯ntoːt/
- [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scheintod in German?
Scheintod appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).