Scheinwerfer
German, noun/ˈʃaɪ̯nˌvɛʁfɐ/
Scheinwerfer is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-W-E-R-F-E-R (12 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheinwerfer is a German masculine noun meaning “spotlight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Lampe, die intensives Licht aussendet, meist um etwas Bestimmtes durch Beleuchtung hervorzuheben”.
What does Scheinwerfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespotlight
- 2
masculineheadlight
- 3
masculineheadlamp
- 4
masculinefloodlight
- 5
masculinesearchlight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Lampe, die intensives Licht aussendet, meist um etwas Bestimmtes durch Beleuchtung hervorzuheben 2. die vordere Lichtquelle eines Autos, die den Weg vor dem Auto beleuchtet
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 Scheinwerfer
- Scheinwerfers genitive
- Scheinwerfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scheinwerfer?
- /ˈʃaɪ̯nˌvɛʁfɐ/
- [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌvɛʁfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Scheinwerfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Scheinwerfer in German?
Scheinwerfer appears 3.9 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).