Schnitzer
German, noun[ˈʃnɪt͡sɐ]
Schnitzer is spelled S-C-H-N-I-T-Z-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnitzer is a German masculine noun meaning “carver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der schnitzt, im engeren Sinne: jemand, der das Schnitzen zum Beruf hat oder als Kunst betreibt”.
What does Schnitzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarver
- 2
masculineblunder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der schnitzt, im engeren Sinne: jemand, der das Schnitzen zum Beruf hat oder als Kunst betreibt 2. Fehler, der aus Unachtsamkeit begangen wurde
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 Schnitzer
- Schnitzers genitive
- Schnitzern dative definite plural
- Schnitzerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnitzer?
- [ˈʃnɪt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnitzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnitzer in German?
Schnitzer appears 1.3 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).