Beschilderung

German

Etymology

From beschildern +‎ -ung, further from be- +‎ Schilder +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈʃɪldəʁʊŋ/

Noun

Beschilderung f (genitive Beschilderung, plural Beschilderungen)

1. signage (signs collectively)
2. the act of adding signs (to a street, packaging, etc.)

Usage notes

• The plural is fairly rare, but can be used for “different systems of signage”: Der Flughafen und der Bahnhof haben völlig unterschiedliche Beschilderungen. (“The airport and the train station have entirely different systems of signage.”) Relatedly, it can also mean “signs for different purposes”: Auf den Packungen sind verschiedenste Beschilderungen. (“There are all kinds of different signs on the packets.”)

Declension

Declension of Beschilderung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Beschilderung	die	Beschilderungen
genitive	einer	der	Beschilderung	der	Beschilderungen
dative	einer	der	Beschilderung	den	Beschilderungen
accusative	eine	die	Beschilderung	die	Beschilderungen

Synonyms

• Ausschilderung (restricted to traffic)

Related terms

• Schild

Further reading

• “Beschilderung” in Duden online