Schieflage
German, noun/ˈʃiːfˌlaːɡə/
Schieflage is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-L-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schieflage is a German feminine noun meaning “imbalance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unerwünschte Position im Raum, die wegen mangelnder Balance von der Norm abweicht”.
What does Schieflage mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimbalance
- 2
feminineslant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unerwünschte Position im Raum, die wegen mangelnder Balance von der Norm abweicht 2. Situation/Umstand, der als problematisch/schwierig/instabil gilt
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 Schieflage
- Schieflagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schieflage?
- /ˈʃiːfˌlaːɡə/
- [ˈʃiːfˌlaːɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schieflage in German?
Schieflage appears 1.0 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).