schnibbeln
German, verb[ˈʃnɪbl̩n]
schnibbeln is spelled S-C-H-N-I-B-B-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnibbeln is a German verb meaning “alternative form of schnippeln” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Messer in kleine Teile zerteilen”.
What does schnibbeln mean in English?
verb
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alternative form of schnippeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit dem Messer in kleine Teile zerteilen
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 schnibbeln
- schnibbelt present singular third-person
- schnibbelte past
- geschnibbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnibbelnd participle present
- schnibble first-person indicative present
- schnibbele first-person indicative present
- schnibbel first-person indicative present
- schnibbelst indicative present second-person
- schnibbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnibblest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnibbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnibblet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnibbelten first-person indicative plural
- schnibbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schnibbeltet indicative plural preterite
- schnibbel! imperative singular
- schnibbele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnibbeln?
- [ˈʃnɪbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schnibbeln in German?
schnibbeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).