Schipper
German, noun[ˈʃɪpɐ]
Schipper is spelled S-C-H-I-P-P-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schipper is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Schiffer (“sailor, skipper, especially in inland navigation”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schiffsführer, einer, der zur See fährt”.
What does Schipper mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinealternative form of Schiffer (“sailor, skipper, especially in inland navigation”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schiffsführer, einer, der zur See fährt
noun: 1. Person, die mit einer Schaufel (Schippe) arbeitet
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 Schipper
- Schippers genitive
- Schippern dative definite plural
- Schipperin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schipper?
- [ˈʃɪpɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schipper in German?
Schipper appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).