Schule
German, noun
Schule is spelled S-C-H-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears 219 times per million words in written German, the 395th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schule is a German feminine noun meaning “school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning (especially before university); department/institute at a college or university…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schule is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentliche oder private Einrichtung/Anstalt für den Unterricht”.
What does Schule mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineschool (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning (especially before university); department/institute at a college or university; art movement; followers of a particular doctrine)
Ab Morgen haben wir wieder Schule.
- 2
feminineschool, shoal (of fish)
- 3
femininepod (group of whales or similar mammals)
- 4
archaicfemininea synagogue
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. öffentliche oder private Einrichtung/Anstalt für den Unterricht 2. kurz für Schulgebäude/Unterrichtsgebäude; Gebäude, in dem der Schulunterricht erteilt wird 3. Unterricht 4. Ausbildung, bei der fachgebietsspezifische/branchentypische Fähigkeiten geschult werden
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 Schule
- Schulen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schule in German?
Schule appears 219 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).