schier
German, adjective
schier is spelled S-C-H-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schier is a German adjective meaning “next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schier is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schi”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “rein, von gleichmäßiger Beschaffenheit, ohne Beimengung”.
What does schier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden
adverb
- 1
soon, nearly, almost
schier unmöglich
adjective
- 1
pure, undiluted, clear, bright, sheer
- 2
without bones, fat, or tendons
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schi
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. rein, von gleichmäßiger Beschaffenheit, ohne Beimengung 2. sich in einem außerordentlichen, erstaunlichen Zustand oder Ausmaß befindend
adverb: 1. fast, bald, beinahe, gar
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 schier
- schierer masculine nominative singular
- am schiersten superlative
- schiere feminine nominative singular
- schieres neuter nominative singular
- schieren genitive masculine singular
- schierem dative masculine singular
- der schiere definite includes-article masculine
- die schiere definite feminine includes-article
- das schiere definite includes-article neuter
- die schieren definite includes-article nominative
- des schieren definite genitive includes-article
- der schieren definite feminine genitive
- dem schieren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schier in German?
schier appears 3.8 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).