schnarchen
German, verb
schnarchen is spelled S-C-H-N-A-R-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnarchen is a German verb meaning “to snore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schnarchen is a different word: “gerund of schnarchen; snore”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “beim Schlafen geräuschvoll atmen”.
What does schnarchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snore
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schnarchen; snore
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beim Schlafen geräuschvoll atmen
noun: 1. schnarchendes Geräusch
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 schnarchen
- schnarcht present singular third-person
- schnarchte past
- geschnarcht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnarchend participle present
- schnarche first-person indicative present
- schnarchst indicative present second-person
- schnarchest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnarchet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnarchten first-person indicative plural
- schnarchtest indicative preterite second-person
- schnarchtet indicative plural preterite
- schnarch imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnarcht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnarcht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnarche! imperative singular
- schnarch! imperative singular
- schnarcht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schnarchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnarchen in German?
schnarchen appears 2.6 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).