schnetzeln
German, verb[ˈʃnɛt͡sl̩n]
schnetzeln is spelled S-C-H-N-E-T-Z-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnetzeln is a German verb meaning “to slice, to cut into stripes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Messer in feine Streifen schneiden”.
What does schnetzeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slice, to cut into stripes
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Messer in feine Streifen schneiden
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 schnetzeln
- schnetzelt present singular third-person
- schnetzelte past
- geschnetzelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnetzelnd participle present
- schnetzle first-person indicative present
- schnetzele first-person indicative present
- schnetzel first-person indicative present
- schnetzelst indicative present second-person
- schnetzelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnetzlest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnetzelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnetzlet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnetzelten first-person indicative plural
- schnetzeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schnetzeltet indicative plural preterite
- schnetzel! imperative singular
- schnetzele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnetzeln?
- [ˈʃnɛt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schnetzeln in German?
schnetzeln appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).