Schubladendenken
German, noun/ˈʃuːplaːdn̩ˌdɛŋkn̩/
Schubladendenken is spelled S-C-H-U-B-L-A-D-E-N-D-E-N-K-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schubladendenken is a German neuter noun meaning “pigeonholing, stereotyped thinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angewohnheit, eine Sache einer exklusiven/vorgefassten Kategorie zuzuweisen”.
What does Schubladendenken mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpigeonholing, stereotyped thinking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angewohnheit, eine Sache einer exklusiven/vorgefassten Kategorie zuzuweisen
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 Schubladendenken
- Schubladendenkens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schubladendenken?
- /ˈʃuːplaːdn̩ˌdɛŋkn̩/
- [ˈʃuːplaːdn̩ˌdɛŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schubladendenken in German?
Schubladendenken 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).