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Schöpfung

German, noun[ˈʃœpfʊŋ]

Schöpfung is spelled S-C-H-Ö-P-F-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schöpfung is a German feminine noun meaning “creation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Schaffen/Erschaffen der Welt aus dem Nichts durch ein höheres Wesen”.

What does Schöpfung mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecreation

  2. 2

    femininecreation

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. das Schaffen/Erschaffen der Welt aus dem Nichts durch ein höheres Wesen 2. das Schaffen/Erschaffen eines bedeutenden Werkes durch eine menschliche Person 3. das Schaffen/Erschaffen der Welt aus dem Nichts durch die Natur 4. das von diesem höheren Wesen^([1]) freigesetzte Geschaffene selbst

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 Schöpfung

  • Schöpfungen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Schöpfung?

  • [ˈʃœpfʊŋ]
  • [ˈʃœp͡fʊŋ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Schöpfung

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schöpfung in German?

Schöpfung appears 6.0 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).

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