Schnorrer
German, noun/ˈʃnɔʁɐ/
Schnorrer is spelled S-C-H-N-O-R-R-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnorrer is a German masculine noun meaning “freeloader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliche) Person, die wiederholt um Gefälligkeiten (zum Beispiel Zigaretten oder Snacks) bittet, ohne die…”.
What does Schnorrer mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinefreeloader
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (männliche) Person, die wiederholt um Gefälligkeiten (zum Beispiel Zigaretten oder Snacks) bittet, ohne die Absicht zu haben, eine Gegenleistung zu erbringen
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 Schnorrer
- Schnorrers genitive
- Schnorrerin feminine
- Schnorrern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnorrer?
- /ˈʃnɔʁɐ/
- [ˈʃnɔʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnorrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnorrer in German?
Schnorrer appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).