Schilderwald
German, noun/ˈʃɪldɐˌvalt/
Schilderwald is spelled S-C-H-I-L-D-E-R-W-A-L-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schilderwald is a German masculine noun meaning “"forest of signs" (i.e. place with excessive signage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine große Masse an Verkehrszeichen, die sich auf einen Ort (zum Beispiel eine Kreuzung) konzentrieren und…”.
What does Schilderwald mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculine"forest of signs" (i.e. place with excessive signage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine große Masse an Verkehrszeichen, die sich auf einen Ort (zum Beispiel eine Kreuzung) konzentrieren und bisweilen unnötig sind und die Übersicht verringern
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 Schilderwald
- Schilderwaldes genitive
- Schilderwalds genitive
- Schilderwälder plural
- Schilderwalde dative singular
- Schilderwäldern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schilderwald?
- /ˈʃɪldɐˌvalt/
- [ˈʃɪldɐˌvalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schilderwald in German?
Schilderwald appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).