schnitzen
German, verb[ˈʃnɪt͡sn̩]
schnitzen is spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnitzen is a German verb meaning “to carve (e.g. a figure, usually out of wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holz oder ähnlich weiche Materialien mit einem Messer bearbeiten”.
What does schnitzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carve (e.g. a figure, usually out of wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Holz oder ähnlich weiche Materialien mit einem Messer bearbeiten
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 schnitzen
- schnitzt present singular third-person
- schnitzte past
- geschnitzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnitzend participle present
- schnitze first-person indicative present
- schnitzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnitzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnitzten first-person indicative plural
- schnitztest indicative preterite second-person
- schnitztet indicative plural preterite
- schnitz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnitz! imperative singular
- schnitze! imperative singular
- schnitzt! imperative plural
- geschnitzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnitzen?
- [ˈʃnɪt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schnitzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnitzen in German?
schnitzen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).