Schnelle
German, noun
Schnelle is spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnelle is a German feminine noun meaning “speed, velocity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schnelle is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(hohe) Geschwindigkeit beim Zurücklegen einer Strecke oder Erledigen einer Sache”.
What does Schnelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeed, velocity
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (hohe) Geschwindigkeit beim Zurücklegen einer Strecke oder Erledigen einer Sache 2. Gerät zum Schnellen/Wegschleudern von etwas
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 Schnelle
- Schnellen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schnelle in German?
Schnelle appears 27 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).