Schablone

German

Etymology

18th century, from Low German Schablun, Schabbelun, from Middle Low German schaplūn, earlier schampeliōn (“pattern, shape, model”), from Middle Dutch schampelioen, from Middle French eschantillon, from Old French eschandillon (“standard”), from Vulgar Latin *scandiculum, derived from Latin scandula (“shingle”). Compare modern French échantillon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaˈbloːnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Schablone f (genitive Schablone, plural Schablonen)

1. template, stencil (physical object used for replicating outlines)
2. (by extension) template, pattern, mould (generic model which other objects are based on or derived from)

   Synonyms: Form, Muster, Schema, Vorlage

3. (figurative, uncountable) an unoriginal, clichéd way of doing something, cookie-cutter approach

   Synonym: Schema F

Declension

Declension of Schablone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schablone	die	Schablonen
genitive	einer	der	Schablone	der	Schablonen
dative	einer	der	Schablone	den	Schablonen
accusative	eine	die	Schablone	die	Schablonen

Derived terms

• Denkschablone
• schablonenhaft
• Sprachschablone

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: шаблон (šablon)
• → Czech: šablona
• → Danish: skabelon c
• → Dutch: sjabloon
• → Esperanto: ŝablono
  • → Ido: shablono
• → Estonian: šabloon
• → Hebrew: שבלונה (šablona)
• → Hungarian: sablon
• → Kashubian: szablóna
• → Latvian: šablons
• → Lithuanian: šablonas
• → Luxembourgish: Schabloun
• → Norwegian: sjablong
• → Persian: شابلون (šāblon)
• → Polish: szablon
• → Romanian: șablon
• → Russian: шаблон (šablon)
  • → Belarusian: шаблон (šablón)
  • → Georgian: შაბლონი (šabloni)
  • → Ossetian: шаблон (šablon)
  • → Ukrainian: шаблон (šablon)
  • → Yakut: шаблон (šablon)
• → Serbo-Croatian: šablona
• → Slovak: šablóna
• → Swedish: schablon
  • → Finnish: sabloni, sapluuna
• → Turkish: şablon

Further reading

• “Schablone” in Duden online
• “Schablone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache