schnellen
German, verb
schnellen is spelled S-C-H-N-E-L-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnellen is a German verb meaning “to spring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of schnell. With a capital, Schnellen is a different word: “plural of Schnelle”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas kräftig beschleunigen und wegschleudern”.
What does schnellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spring
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Schnelle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas kräftig beschleunigen und wegschleudern 2. sich schnell von einem Ort, von einer Position wegbewegen
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 schnellen
- schnellt present singular third-person
- schnellte past
- geschnellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnellend participle present
- schnelle first-person indicative present
- schnellst indicative present second-person
- schnellest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnellet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnellten first-person indicative plural
- schnelltest indicative preterite second-person
- schnelltet indicative plural preterite
- schnell imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnell! imperative singular
- schnellt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schnellen in German?
schnellen appears 15 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).