Schieferöl
German, noun/ˈʃiːfɐøːl/
Schieferöl is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-E-R-Ö-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schieferöl is a German neuter noun meaning “shale oil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erdöl, das in Sedimentgestein gespeichert vorliegt und mit einer Fracking genannten Technik gefördert wird”.
What does Schieferöl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutershale oil
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erdöl, das in Sedimentgestein gespeichert vorliegt und mit einer Fracking genannten Technik gefördert wird
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 Schieferöl
- Schieferöles genitive
- Schieferöls genitive
- Schieferöle plural
- Schieferölen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schieferöl?
- /ˈʃiːfɐøːl/
- [ˈʃiːfɐˌʔøːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schieferöl in German?
Schieferöl appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).