Schildbürger
German, noun[ˈʃɪltˌbʏʁɡɐ]
Schildbürger is spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-B-Ü-R-G-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schildbürger is a German masculine noun meaning “fool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die naiv, töricht und engstirnig ist”.
What does Schildbürger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefool
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die naiv, töricht und engstirnig ist 2. Bürger des fiktiven Orts Schilda
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 Schildbürger
- Schildbürgers genitive
- Schildbürgern dative definite plural
- Schildbürgerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schildbürger?
- [ˈʃɪltˌbʏʁɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schildbürger in German?
Schildbürger appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).