scheintot
German, adjective[ˈʃaɪ̯nˌtoːt]
scheintot is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-T-O-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheintot is a German adjective meaning “appearing to be, but not dead, deceased” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lebend, aber als tot erscheinend”.
What does scheintot mean in English?
adjective
- 1
appearing to be, but not dead, deceased
- 2
colloquialelderly, geriatric
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. lebend, aber als tot erscheinend 2. (von Menschen) sehr alt
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 scheintot
- scheintoter masculine nominative singular
- scheintote positive nominative strong
- scheintotes positive nominative strong
- scheintoten positive genitive strong
- scheintotem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scheintot?
- [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is scheintot in German?
scheintot appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).