schnupfen
German, verb
schnupfen is spelled S-C-H-N-U-P-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnupfen is a German verb meaning “to snort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schnupfen is a different word: “nasal congestion”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tabak oder andere Rauschmittel über die Nasenschleimhaut konsumieren”.
What does schnupfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snort
noun
- 1
masculinenasal congestion
- 2
masculinecold (illness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, Genuss- oder Rauschmittel über die Nase zu inhalieren
noun: 1. durch ein Virus oder eine allergische Reaktion hervorgerufene, akute Reizung der Nasenschleimhäute
verb: 1. Tabak oder andere Rauschmittel über die Nasenschleimhaut konsumieren
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 schnupfen
- Schnupfens genitive
- Schnuppen alternative
- schnupft present singular third-person
- schnupfte past
- geschnupft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schnupfend participle present
- schnupfe first-person indicative present
- schnupfst indicative present second-person
- schnupfest second-person singular subjunctive
- schnupfet plural second-person subjunctive
- schnupften first-person indicative plural
- schnupftest indicative preterite second-person
- schnupftet indicative plural preterite
- schnupf imperative second-person singular
- schnupf! imperative singular
- schnupft! imperative plural
- geschnupft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schnupfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schnupfen in German?
schnupfen appears 2.4 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).