Schnuckel
German, noun/ˈʃnʊkəl/
Schnuckel is spelled S-C-H-N-U-C-K-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnuckel is a German masculine noun meaning “darling, sweetheart, baby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kosewort, vor allem für (kleine) Kinder und weibliche Personen”.
What does Schnuckel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedarling, sweetheart, baby
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kosewort, vor allem für (kleine) Kinder und weibliche Personen
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 Schnuckel
- Schnuckels genitive
- Schnuckelchen diminutive neuter
- Schnuckeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnuckel?
- /ˈʃnʊkəl/
- [ˈʃnʊkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schnuckel in German?
Schnuckel appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).