schnipseln
German, verb
schnipseln is spelled S-C-H-N-I-P-S-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnipseln is a German verb meaning “to snip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schnipseln is a different word: “dative plural of Schnipsel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Messer, einer Schere in kleine Teile (Schnipsel) zerlegen, zerteilen”.
What does schnipseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto snip
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schnipsel
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, einer Schere in kleine Teile (Schnipsel) zerlegen, 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 schnipseln
- schnipselt present singular third-person
- schnipselte past
- geschnipselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnipselnd participle present
- schnipsle first-person indicative present
- schnipsele first-person indicative present
- schnipsel first-person indicative present
- schnipselst indicative present second-person
- schnipselest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnipslest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnipselet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnipslet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnipselten first-person indicative plural
- schnipseltest indicative preterite second-person
- schnipseltet indicative plural preterite
- schnipsel! imperative singular
- schnipsele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schnipseln in German?
schnipseln appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).