schichtweise
German, adjective[ˈʃɪçtˌvaɪ̯zə]
schichtweise is spelled S-C-H-I-C-H-T-W-E-I-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schichtweise is a German adjective meaning “layered, stratified, layer by layer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does schichtweise mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in layers, layer by layer
ein schichtweise hergestelltes Teil
adjective
- 1
layered, stratified, layer by layer
ein schichtweiser Aufbau
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. in übereinanderliegenden Schichten 2. in sich abwechselnden Personengruppen, in wechselnden Schichten
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 schichtweise
- schichtweiser masculine nominative singular
- schichtweises neuter nominative singular
- schichtweisen genitive masculine singular
- schichtweisem dative masculine singular
- der schichtweise definite includes-article masculine
- die schichtweise definite feminine includes-article
- das schichtweise definite includes-article neuter
- die schichtweisen definite includes-article nominative
- des schichtweisen definite genitive includes-article
- der schichtweisen definite feminine genitive
- dem schichtweisen dative definite includes-article
- den schichtweisen dative definite includes-article
- ein schichtweiser includes-article indefinite masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schichtweise?
- [ˈʃɪçtˌvaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schichtweise in German?
schichtweise 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).