Schemen
German, noun/ˈʃeːmən/
Schemen is spelled S-C-H-E-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schemen is a German masculine noun meaning “an indistinct shape or shadow; a silhouette in the dark, in mist, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Schema. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur undeutlich erkennbare, verschwommene Gestalt, Schatten”.
What does Schemen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean indistinct shape or shadow; a silhouette in the dark, in mist, etc.
- 2
masculinea sight of whose reality one is uncertain; an illusion, spectre, phantom
noun
- 1
plural of Schema
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nur undeutlich erkennbare, verschwommene Gestalt, Schatten
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 Schemen
- Schemens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schemen?
- /ˈʃeːmən/
- [ˈʃeːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schemen in German?
Schemen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).