Schnur
German, noun/ʃnuːr/
Schnur is spelled S-C-H-N-U-R (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnur is a German feminine noun meaning “cord, string” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “robustes Textilgeflecht in länglicher Form”.
What does Schnur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecord, string
- 2
colloquialfemininecable (electronic wire)
noun
- 1
femininedaughter-in-law
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. robustes Textilgeflecht in länglicher Form 2. Kabel 3. etwas, das wie eine Schnur^([1]) aussieht
noun: 1. Schwiegertochter
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 Schnur
- Schnüre plural
- Schnürchen diminutive neuter
- Schnürlein diminutive neuter
- Schnürl diminutive neuter
- Schnüren dative definite plural
- Schnuren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnur?
- /ʃnuːr/
- [ʃnu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [ʃnuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnur in German?
Schnur appears 2.8 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).