beschnuppern
German, verb[bəˈʃnʊpɐn]
beschnuppern is spelled B-E-S-C-H-N-U-P-P-E-R-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beschnuppern is a German verb meaning “to sniff, to examine by smell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Nase benutzend, riechend, Erkenntnisse sammeln”.
What does beschnuppern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sniff, to examine by smell
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Nase benutzend, riechend, Erkenntnisse sammeln 2. eine Person (vorsichtig und langsam) besser kennenlernen
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 beschnuppern
- beschnuppert present singular third-person
- beschnupperte past
- haben auxiliary
- beschnuppernd participle present
- beschnuppre first-person indicative present
- beschnuppere first-person indicative present
- beschnupper first-person indicative present
- beschnupperst indicative present second-person
- beschnupperest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschnupprest second-person singular subjunctive
- beschnupperet plural second-person subjunctive
- beschnuppret plural second-person subjunctive
- beschnupperten first-person indicative plural
- beschnuppertest indicative preterite second-person
- beschnuppertet indicative plural preterite
- beschnupper! imperative singular
- beschnuppere! imperative singular
- beschnuppert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beschnuppern?
- [bəˈʃnʊpɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is beschnuppern in German?
beschnuppern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).