Schlagzeile
German, noun/ˈʃlaːkˌtsaɪ̯lə/
Schlagzeile is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-Z-E-I-L-E (11 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlagzeile is a German feminine noun meaning “headline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonders auffällig aufgemachte Überschrift, vor allem auf Plakaten, in der Presse und Werbung”.
What does Schlagzeile mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. besonders auffällig aufgemachte Überschrift, vor allem auf Plakaten, in der Presse und Werbung
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 Schlagzeile
- Schlagzeilen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlagzeile?
- /ˈʃlaːkˌtsaɪ̯lə/
- /ˈʃla(ː)xˌtsaɪ̯lə/
- [ˈʃlaːkˌt͡saɪ̯lə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schlagzeile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlagzeile in German?
Schlagzeile appears 3.5 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).