Schiefertafel
German, noun/ˈʃiːfɐˌtaːfl̩/
Schiefertafel is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-E-R-T-A-F-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiefertafel is a German feminine noun meaning “slate, chalkboard, blackboard (usually a portable chalkboard, like one a student might have to personally use at school or the kind of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerahmte Tafel zum Schreiben, deren Platte aus Schiefer besteht”.
What does Schiefertafel mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslate, chalkboard, blackboard (usually a portable chalkboard, like one a student might have to personally use at school or the kind of chalkboards that hang outside of restaurants to feature their specials)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gerahmte Tafel zum Schreiben, deren Platte aus Schiefer besteht
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 Schiefertafel
- Schiefertafeln plural
- Schiefertäfelchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schiefertafel?
- /ˈʃiːfɐˌtaːfl̩/
- [ˈʃiːfɐˌtaːfl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schiefertafel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schiefertafel in German?
Schiefertafel appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).