Schnitt
German, noun
Schnitt is spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-T (7 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnitt is a German masculine noun meaning “cut, the result of cutting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schnitt is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schneiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Durchschnitt zweier Mengen, also die Menge aller beiden gemeinsamen Elemente (Punkte, wenn es sich um…”.
What does Schnitt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecut, the result of cutting
- 2
masculineintersection
- 3
masculinesection
- 4
masculinestyle, fashion
- 5
masculineellipsis of Durchschnitt (“average”)
im Schnitt
- 6
masculineharvest
- 7
masculine¼ liter (of beer) served in a larger glass
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schneiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Durchschnitt zweier Mengen, also die Menge aller beiden gemeinsamen Elemente (Punkte, wenn es sich um Punktmengen handelt) 2. zeichnerische maßstäbliche Darstellung einer durch die Längs- oder Querachse gehenden Schnittfläche von Bauteilen (Längsschnitt, Querschnitt) 3. eine durch Schneiden entstandene Wunde, Furche oder Beschädigung 4. das Geschnittene (zum Beispiel Heu)
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 Schnitt
- Schnittes genitive
- Schnitts genitive
- Schnitte plural
- Schnitten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schnitt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnitt in German?
Schnitt appears 33 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).