Schnatz
German, noun/ʃnat͡s/
Schnatz is spelled S-C-H-N-A-T-Z (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnatz is a German masculine noun meaning “chignon, topknot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kopfputz mit Haarkrönchen, oftmals bei Hochzeiten”.
What does Schnatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechignon, topknot
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kopfputz mit Haarkrönchen, oftmals bei Hochzeiten
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 Schnatz
- Schnatzes genitive
- Schnätze plural
- Schnatze dative singular
- Schnätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnatz?
- /ʃnat͡s/
- [ʃnat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schnatz in German?
Schnatz appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).