Schnaps
German, noun/ʃnaps/
Schnaps is spelled S-C-H-N-A-P-S (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnaps is a German masculine noun meaning “spirit, booze, hard liquor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Mundfüllung, ein Schluck, ein Bisschen”.
What does Schnaps mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespirit, booze, hard liquor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Mundfüllung, ein Schluck, ein Bisschen 2. gebranntes, stark alkoholhaltiges Getränk
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 Schnaps
- Schnapses genitive
- Schnäpse plural
- Schnäpschen diminutive neuter
- Schnapse dative singular
- Schnäpsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnaps?
- /ʃnaps/
- [ʃnaps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnaps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnaps in German?
Schnaps appears 6.3 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).