Schablone

Meaning

template, pattern (a generic model from which other objects are based or derived)

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Etymology

Borrowing from 18th century Dutch schabbelun, from earlier Middle Low German schampeliōn, schaplūn (“pattern, shape, model”), ultimately from Old French eschandillon (“standard”) (see French échantillon). Cognate with Dutch sjabloon.