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Schema

German, noun[ˈʃeːma]

Schema is spelled S-C-H-E-M-A (6 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schema is a German neuter noun meaning “schema” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf das Wesentliche reduzierte, grafische, übersichtliche Darstellung einer komplexen Sache”.

What does Schema mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterschema

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. auf das Wesentliche reduzierte, grafische, übersichtliche Darstellung einer komplexen Sache 2. gedankliches Konzept als Orientierungshilfe für ein Vorgehen 3. Wortstruktur/-form, die zum Ausdruck bestimmter grammatischer Kategorien mehr oder weniger gut geeignet ist 4. ein Begriff aus der algebraischen Geometrie

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 Schema

  • Schemas genitive
  • Schemata plural
  • Schemen plural

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

How do you pronounce Schema?

  • [ˈʃeːma]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Schema

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

How common is Schema in German?

Schema appears 6.2 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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