Schnäppchen
German, noun/ˈʃnɛpçən/
Schnäppchen is spelled S-C-H-N-Ä-P-P-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnäppchen is a German neuter noun meaning “bargain; a cheap thing yet in good quality; something luckily seized/caught (see schnappen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ware oder Dienstleistung, die mit einem erheblichen Rabatt auf den normalen Preis oder wesentlich billiger…”.
What does Schnäppchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbargain; a cheap thing yet in good quality; something luckily seized/caught (see schnappen).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ware oder Dienstleistung, die mit einem erheblichen Rabatt auf den normalen Preis oder wesentlich billiger als bei einem vergleichbaren Anbieter erworben werden kann
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 Schnäppchen
- Schnäppchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnäppchen?
- /ˈʃnɛpçən/
- [ˈʃnɛpçn̩]
- [ˈʃnɛpçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnäppchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnäppchen in German?
Schnäppchen appears 5.5 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).