schnorren
German, verb/ˈʃnɔʁən/
schnorren is spelled S-C-H-N-O-R-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnorren is a German verb meaning “to scrounge, sponge, cadge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden aus Gewohnheit immer wieder um Kleinigkeiten wie Kleingeld, Zigaretten oder Ähnlichem bitten, ohne…”.
What does schnorren mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto scrounge, sponge, cadge
Er schnorrt sich so durch die Gegend
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden aus Gewohnheit immer wieder um Kleinigkeiten wie Kleingeld, Zigaretten oder Ähnlichem bitten, ohne selbst eine Gegenleistung erbringen zu wollen 2. höflich für sich selbst um Kleinigkeiten wie Kleingeld, Zigaretten oder Ähnlichem bitten, ohne selbst zu einer Gegenleistung bereit zu sein 3. daherreden, das große Wort führen
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 schnorren
- schnorrt present singular third-person
- schnorrte past
- geschnorrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnorrend participle present
- schnorre first-person indicative present
- schnorrst indicative present second-person
- schnorrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnorret plural second-person subjunctive
- schnorrten first-person indicative plural
- schnorrtest indicative preterite second-person
- schnorrtet indicative plural preterite
- schnorr imperative second-person singular
- habe geschnorrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschnorrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schnurren variant regional
- schnorre! imperative singular
- schnorrt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnorren?
- /ˈʃnɔʁən/
- [ˈʃnɔʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schnorren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnorren in German?
schnorren appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).