schemenhaft
German, adjective/ˈʃeːmən/
schemenhaft is spelled S-C-H-E-M-E-N-H-A-F-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schemenhaft is a German adjective meaning “shadowy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie ein Schemen”.
What does schemenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shadowy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. undeutlich, schattenhaft, wie ein Schemen
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 schemenhaft
- schemenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am schemenhaftesten superlative
- schemenhafte feminine nominative singular
- schemenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- schemenhaften genitive masculine singular
- schemenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der schemenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die schemenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das schemenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die schemenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des schemenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der schemenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem schemenhaften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schemenhaft?
- /ˈʃeːmən/
- [ˈʃeːmənhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schemenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schemenhaft in German?
schemenhaft appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).