erschnüffeln
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃnʏfl̩n/
erschnüffeln is spelled E-R-S-C-H-N-Ü-F-F-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschnüffeln is a German verb meaning “to sniff out, to locate by smell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Nase riechend (schnüffelnd) einen Geruch entdecken”.
What does erschnüffeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sniff out, to locate by smell
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit der Nase riechend (schnüffelnd) einen Geruch entdecken
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 erschnüffeln
- erschnüffelt present singular third-person
- erschnüffelte past
- haben auxiliary
- erschnüffelnd participle present
- erschnüffle first-person indicative present
- erschnüffele first-person indicative present
- erschnüffel first-person indicative present
- erschnüffelst indicative present second-person
- erschnüffelest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschnüfflest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschnüffelet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschnüfflet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschnüffelten first-person indicative plural
- erschnüffeltest indicative preterite second-person
- erschnüffeltet indicative plural preterite
- erschnüffel! imperative singular
- erschnüffele! imperative singular
- erschnüffelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschnüffeln?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʃnʏfl̩n/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃnʏfl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erschnüffeln in German?
erschnüffeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).