Sheriff
German, noun[ˈʃɛʁɪf]
Sheriff is spelled S-H-E-R-I-F-F (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sheriff is a German masculine noun meaning “sheriff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hoher Verwaltungsbeamter eines Countys oder Shires”.
What does Sheriff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheriff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hoher Verwaltungsbeamter eines Countys oder Shires 2. Richter eines Gerichtsbezirks 3. Polizeichef eines Countys
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 Sheriff
- Sheriffs genitive
- Sheriffin feminine
- Scheriff alternative
- Scherriff alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sheriff?
- [ˈʃɛʁɪf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sheriff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sheriff in German?
Sheriff appears 2.6 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).