schnaufen
German, verb
schnaufen is spelled S-C-H-N-A-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnaufen is a German verb meaning “to snort, to pant (to breathe loudly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schnaufen is a different word: “gerund of schnaufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Luft ringen, heftig keuchen”.
What does schnaufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snort, to pant (to breathe loudly)
- 2
AustriaSwitzerlandinformalto breathe (in general)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schnaufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach Luft ringen, heftig keuchen 2. atmen
noun: 1. schnaufendes 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 schnaufen
- schnauft present singular third-person
- schnaufte past
- geschnauft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnaufend participle present
- schnaufe first-person indicative present
- schnaufst indicative present second-person
- schnaufest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnaufet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnauften first-person indicative plural
- schnauftest indicative preterite second-person
- schnauftet indicative plural preterite
- schnauf imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnauft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnaufe! imperative singular
- schnauft! imperative plural
- geschnauft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schnaufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnaufen in German?
schnaufen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).