Schaukel
German, noun
Schaukel is spelled S-C-H-A-U-K-E-L (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schaukel is a German feminine noun meaning “swing (seat hanging on two lines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schaukel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gerät, um sich um einen Drehpunkt auf und ab oder vor und zurück zu bewegen”.
What does Schaukel mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswing (seat hanging on two lines)
- 2
feminineany swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Gerät, um sich um einen Drehpunkt auf und ab oder vor und zurück zu bewegen
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 Schaukel
- Schaukeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schaukel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schaukel in German?
Schaukel appears 1.7 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).