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Schnitzeln

German, noun[ˈʃnɪt͡sl̩n]

Schnitzeln is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Schnitzel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Schnitzeln mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Schnitzel

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. in kleine Stücke (Schnitzel) zerteilen/zerschneiden 2. schnitzen

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 Schnitzeln

  • schnitzele present
  • schnitzelst present
  • schnitzelt present
  • schnitzelte past
  • schnitzel! imperative singular
  • schnitzele! imperative singular
  • schnitzelt! imperative plural
  • geschnitzelt participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • geschnitzelt haben active infinitive perfect
  • geschnitzelt werden processual-passive infinitive present
  • geschnitzelt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
  • geschnitzelt sein statal-passive infinitive present
  • geschnitzelt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
  • zu schnitzeln active extended infinitive
  • geschnitzelt zu haben active extended infinitive
  • geschnitzelt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
  • geschnitzelt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive

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

How do you pronounce Schnitzeln?

  • [ˈʃnɪt͡sl̩n]

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

How common is Schnitzeln in German?

Schnitzeln appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

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