Schnaufer
German, noun/ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ/
Schnaufer is spelled S-C-H-N-A-U-F-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnaufer is a German masculine noun meaning “gasp; audible breath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hörbarer einzelner Vorgang des Ein- oder Ausatmens”.
What does Schnaufer mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinegasp; audible breath
- 2
Switzerlandmasculineimmature boy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hörbarer einzelner Vorgang des Ein- oder Ausatmens 2. kindischer, unreifer Junge
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 Schnaufer
- Schnaufers genitive
- Schnaufern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnaufer?
- /ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ/
- [ˈʃnaʊ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schnaufer in German?
Schnaufer appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).