schnell
German, adjective/ʃnɛl/
schnell is spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L (7 letters) and appears 324 times per million words in written German, the 291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnell is a German adjective meaning “quick, fast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine hohe Geschwindigkeit habend, das Gegenteil von langsam”.
What does schnell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
quick, fast
Er fährt ein schnelles Auto.
adverb
- 1
quickly
- 2
again; quick; used after a question to imply that one ought to know the answer
Wie heißt er schnell?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine hohe Geschwindigkeit habend, das Gegenteil von langsam 2. nur vergleichsweise wenig Zeit beanspruchend, das Gegenteil von langwierig 3. wenig Zeit benötigend
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 schnell
- schneller masculine nominative singular
- am schnellsten superlative
- schnelle feminine nominative singular
- schnelles neuter nominative singular
- schnellen genitive masculine singular
- schnellem dative masculine singular
- der schnelle definite includes-article masculine
- die schnelle definite feminine includes-article
- das schnelle definite includes-article neuter
- die schnellen definite includes-article nominative
- des schnellen definite genitive includes-article
- der schnellen definite feminine genitive
- dem schnellen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnell?
- /ʃnɛl/
- [ʃnɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schnell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnell in German?
schnell appears 324 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).