schiefern
German, verb
schiefern is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiefern is a German verb meaning “to shatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schiefern is a different word: “dative plural of Schiefer”.
What does schiefern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shatter
- 2
Switzerlandto skip (a stone over water)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schiefer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Schiefer bestehend 2. eine graublaue Farbe wie Schiefer habend
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 schiefern
- schiefert present singular third-person
- schieferte past
- geschiefert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schiefernd participle present
- schiefre first-person indicative present
- schiefere first-person indicative present
- schiefer first-person indicative present
- schieferst indicative present second-person
- schieferest second-person singular subjunctive
- schiefrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schieferet plural second-person subjunctive
- schiefret plural second-person subjunctive
- schieferten first-person indicative plural
- schiefertest indicative preterite second-person
- schiefertet indicative plural preterite
- schieferner positive nominative strong
- schieferne positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schiefern in German?
schiefern appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).