schnack

[ʃnak]

/[ʃnak]/ verb

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The verdict

“schnack” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,026 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#50,026
frequency rank, German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnacken

Key facts for schnack
PropertyValue
Headwordschnack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʃnak]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “schnack” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). schnack lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schnack is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃnak]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,026 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnacken".

schnack has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is schnack, spelled S-C-H-N-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnacken

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schnack"?
"schnack" is spelled S-C-H-N-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃnak].
What does "schnack" mean?
As a verb, "schnack" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schnacken
How do you pronounce "schnack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schnack" is [ʃnak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schnack" come from?
"schnack" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “schnack”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-N-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃnak] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list