Schiffbau
German, noun[ˈʃɪfˌbaʊ̯]
Schiffbau is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-B-A-U (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiffbau is a German masculine noun meaning “shipbuilding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Bauen von Schiffen”.
What does Schiffbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshipbuilding
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Bauen von Schiffen
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 Schiffbau
- Schiffbaues genitive
- Schiffbaus genitive
- Schiffbaue dative singular
- Schiffsbau variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schiffbau?
- [ˈʃɪfˌbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schiffbau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schiffbau in German?
Schiffbau 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).