schnalzen
German, verb/ˈʃnalt͡sən/
schnalzen is spelled S-C-H-N-A-L-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnalzen is a German verb meaning “to click (one's tongue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Dativ: durch eine abrupte, schwungvolle Bewegung - zumeist der Zunge, den Fingern oder einer Peitsche -…”.
What does schnalzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to click (one's tongue)
- 2
To snap one's fingers
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Dativ: durch eine abrupte, schwungvolle Bewegung - zumeist der Zunge, den Fingern oder einer Peitsche - einen kurzen, (leicht) knallenden Laut erzeugen 2. mit Akkusativ, etwas mit einer schnellen, schwungvollen Fingerbewegung fortschleudern 3. einen bestimmten Lockruf von sich geben
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 schnalzen
- schnalzt present singular third-person
- schnalzte past
- geschnalzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnalzend participle present
- schnalze first-person indicative present
- schnalzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnalzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnalzten first-person indicative plural
- schnalztest indicative preterite second-person
- schnalztet indicative plural preterite
- schnalz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnalzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnalzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnalz! imperative singular
- schnalze! imperative singular
- schnalzt! imperative plural
- geschnalzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnalzen?
- /ˈʃnalt͡sən/
- [ˈʃnalt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schnalzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnalzen in German?
schnalzen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).