Tableau
German, noun[taˈbloː]
Tableau is spelled T-A-B-L-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tableau is a German neuter noun meaning “tableau (arrangement of actors on stage or screen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eindrücklich wirkende Szene, effektvolle Gruppierung von Akteuren”.
What does Tableau mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertableau (arrangement of actors on stage or screen)
- 2
datedneuterpainting
- 3
Austrianeuterdisplay poster
- 4
Austrianeutertable, chart, ranking
- 5
Austriadatedneutertenant directory
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eindrücklich wirkende Szene, effektvolle Gruppierung von Akteuren 2. Gemälde 3. epische Schilderung einer eindrücklichen Szene 4. Übersicht, Tabelle (siehe zum Beispiel Klingeltableau)
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 Tableau
- Tableaus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tableau?
- [taˈbloː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tableau in German?
Tableau appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).