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Schnalle

German, noun

Schnalle is spelled S-C-H-N-A-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnalle is a German feminine noun meaning “anything that fastens and secures the position of something, clasp, frequently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schnalle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verschluss an einem Gürtel oder Riemen”.

What does Schnalle mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineanything that fastens and secures the position of something, clasp, frequently

  2. 2

    feminineclasp on vestments, item fastened to a garment not without decorative functions, like or particularly a buckle of a belt

  3. 3

    femininedoor handle

  4. 4

    feminineclamp connection

  5. 5

    archaicfemininevulva of a wolf or fox

  6. 6

    derogatoryfeminineslangharlot, hooker, strumpet

  7. 7

    derogatoryfeminineslangbaggage, member of the other sex

verb

as schnalle
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Verschluss an einem Gürtel oder Riemen 2. Schimpfwort für weibliche Personen 3. Bezeichnung für das weibliche Geschlechtsteil bei Hunden und Füchsen 4. eine Zellstruktur bei manchen Pilzen

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 Schnalle

  • Schnallen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Schnalle

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schnalle in German?

Schnalle appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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