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schieren

German, adjective[ˈʃiːʁən]

schieren is spelled S-C-H-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schieren is a German masculine adjective meaning “strong genitive masculine/neuter singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does schieren mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas auslesen, ausscheiden 2. Eier durchleuchten, um unbefruchtete Eier auszuscheiden

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 schieren

  • schiere present
  • schierst present
  • schiert present
  • schierte past
  • schier! imperative singular
  • schiere! imperative singular
  • schiert! imperative plural
  • geschiert participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • geschiert haben active infinitive perfect
  • geschiert werden processual-passive infinitive present
  • geschiert worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
  • geschiert sein statal-passive infinitive present
  • geschiert gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
  • zu schieren active extended infinitive
  • geschiert zu haben active extended infinitive
  • geschiert zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
  • geschiert worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schieren?

  • [ˈʃiːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is schieren in German?

schieren appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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