Schere
German, noun
Schere is spelled S-C-H-E-R-E (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schere is a German feminine noun meaning “a pair of scissors, shears” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schere is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Schneiden von Papier und anderer dünner Materialien”.
What does Schere mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea pair of scissors, shears
Kann ich mir eben deine Schere ausleihen?
- 2
femininea pair of pincers (on a crab)
- 3
femininea gap, especially a widening one
die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Schneiden von Papier und anderer dünner Materialien 2. Organ zum Greifen bei Krebstieren 3. große Differenz in der Ausprägung eines Merkmals
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 Schere
- Scheren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schere
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schere in German?
Schere appears 6.0 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).