Schneider
German, noun/ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ/
Schneider is spelled S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-R (9 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schneider is a German masculine noun meaning “tailor (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an agent noun of schneiden: cutter (a person or device that cuts). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist selbstständiger Handwerker, Gewerbetreibender, der Kleidung anfertigt oder ändert”.
What does Schneider mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of schneiden: cutter (a person or device that cuts)
- 2
masculinetailor (male or of unspecified gender)
- 3
masculinedaddy-longlegs, harvestman, water strider, cranefly, etc. (any long-legged arachnid or insect)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist selbstständiger Handwerker, Gewerbetreibender, der Kleidung anfertigt oder ändert 2. ein Weißfisch (Alburnus bipunctatus), Schneiderfisch 3. dünnes, langbeiniges Insekt, z. B. Schnake (Tipulidae) oder Wasserläufer (Gerridae) 4. dünnes, langbeiniges Spinnentier, z. B. Weberknecht (Opiliones)
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 Schneider
- Schneiders genitive
- Schneiderlein diminutive neuter
- Schneidern dative definite plural
- Schneiderin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schneider?
- /ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ/
- [ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schneider
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schneider in German?
Schneider appears 25 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).