Einschnitt
German, noun
Einschnitt is spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-N-I-T-T (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einschnitt is a German masculine noun meaning “incision” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, einschnitt is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of einschneiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Schneiden in etwas”.
What does Einschnitt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincision
- 2
masculinecut, financial cut, cutback
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of einschneiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Schneiden in etwas 2. (scheinbar) durch Schneiden in etwas getriebene Kerbe, auch durch Abtragung entstandene Vertiefung im Gelände 3. Ereignis, das einen Ablauf entscheidend verändert 4. Maßnahme, die zu wirtschaftlicher Verschlechterung für jemanden führt
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 Einschnitt
- Einschnittes genitive
- Einschnitts genitive
- Einschnitte plural
- Einschnitten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Einschnitt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Einschnitt in German?
Einschnitt appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).