schniefen
German, verb/ˈʃniːfən/
schniefen is spelled S-C-H-N-I-E-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schniefen is a German verb meaning “to sniff up snot through the nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “deutlich wahrnehmbar durch die Nasenlöcher einatmen”.
What does schniefen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sniff up snot through the nose
- 2
to make a sound similar to the above as an expression of sadness or pity
- 3
to sniff (drugs)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. deutlich wahrnehmbar durch die Nasenlöcher einatmen
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 schniefen
- schnieft present singular third-person
- schniefte past
- geschnieft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schniefend participle present
- schniefe first-person indicative present
- schniefst indicative present second-person
- schniefest second-person singular subjunctive
- schniefet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnieften first-person indicative plural
- schnieftest indicative preterite second-person
- schnieftet indicative plural preterite
- schnief imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnieft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnieft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnief! imperative singular
- schniefe! imperative singular
- schnieft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schniefen?
- /ˈʃniːfən/
- [ˈʃniːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schniefen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schniefen in German?
schniefen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).