scheppern
German, verb/ˈʃɛpərn/
scheppern is spelled S-C-H-E-P-P-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheppern is a German verb meaning “to clank, clash, clatter, rattle (make the sound of hard objects, e.g. metal or glass, striking each other loudly and/or repeatedly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in kurzer Folge blecherne helle Töne verursachen oder erzeugen”.
What does scheppern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clank, clash, clatter, rattle (make the sound of hard objects, e.g. metal or glass, striking each other loudly and/or repeatedly)
- 2
colloquialthere to be a (car) accident, usually without harm to life and limb
Fahr mal eben was langsamer, da vorne hat’s gescheppert.
- 3
colloquialto hit someone, to slap someone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in kurzer Folge blecherne helle Töne verursachen oder erzeugen
noun: 1. schepperndes Geräusch
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 scheppern
- scheppert present singular third-person
- schepperte past
- gescheppert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- scheppernd participle present
- scheppre first-person indicative present
- scheppere first-person indicative present
- schepper first-person indicative present
- schepperst indicative present second-person
- schepperest second-person singular subjunctive
- schepprest second-person singular subjunctive
- schepperet plural second-person subjunctive
- scheppret plural second-person subjunctive
- schepperten first-person indicative plural
- scheppertest indicative preterite second-person
- scheppertet indicative plural preterite
- schepper! imperative singular
- scheppere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scheppern?
- /ˈʃɛpərn/
- [ˈʃɛ.pɐn]
- [ˈʃɛpɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scheppern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scheppern in German?
scheppern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).