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schnippisch

German, adjective[ˈʃnɪpɪʃ]

schnippisch is spelled S-C-H-N-I-P-P-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnippisch is a German adjective meaning “snappish (speaking in an irritable or angry way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does schnippisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    snappish (speaking in an irritable or angry way)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of schnippisch

  • schnippischer masculine nominative singular
  • am schnippischsten superlative
  • schnippische feminine nominative singular
  • schnippisches neuter nominative singular
  • schnippischen genitive masculine singular
  • schnippischem dative masculine singular
  • der schnippische definite includes-article masculine
  • die schnippische definite feminine includes-article
  • das schnippische definite includes-article neuter
  • die schnippischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des schnippischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der schnippischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem schnippischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schnippisch?

  • [ˈʃnɪpɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to schnippisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is schnippisch in German?

schnippisch appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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