Schlagschatten
German, noun/ˈʃlaːkʃatn̩/
Schlagschatten is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlagschatten is a German masculine noun meaning “drop shadow, cast shadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “deutlich abgegrenzter Schatten von Gegenstand oder Person auf einer Fläche”.
What does Schlagschatten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrop shadow, cast shadow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. deutlich abgegrenzter Schatten von Gegenstand oder Person auf einer Fläche
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 Schlagschatten
- Schlagschattens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlagschatten?
- /ˈʃlaːkʃatn̩/
- [ˈʃlaːkˌʃatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schlagschatten in German?
Schlagschatten appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).