schnallen
German, verb
schnallen is spelled S-C-H-N-A-L-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnallen is a German verb meaning “to fasten with a clasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schnallen is a different word: “plural of Schnalle”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas an/auf etwas mit Hilfe einer Schnalle, eines Riemens mit Schließmechanismus, befestigen”.
What does schnallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fasten with a clasp
Ich muss den Gürtel enger schnallen.
- 2
colloquialto grasp, to comprehend
Du schnallst nicht, was abgeht, oder?
noun
- 1
plural of Schnalle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas an/auf etwas mit Hilfe einer Schnalle, eines Riemens mit Schließmechanismus, befestigen 2. begreifen, wie es sich wirklich verhält
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 schnallen
- schnallt present singular third-person
- schnallte past
- geschnallt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnallend participle present
- schnalle first-person indicative present
- schnallst indicative present second-person
- schnallest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnallet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnallten first-person indicative plural
- schnalltest indicative preterite second-person
- schnalltet indicative plural preterite
- schnall imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnallt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnallt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnall! imperative singular
- schnalle! imperative singular
- schnallt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schnallen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnallen in German?
schnallen 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).