Schnurrbart
German, noun/ˈʃnʊʁˌbaːɐ̯t/
Schnurrbart is spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-R-B-A-R-T (11 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnurrbart is a German masculine noun meaning “moustache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Oberlippenbart”.
What does Schnurrbart mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoustache
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer Oberlippenbart 2. Tasthaare an der Schnauze von Tieren, besonders von Katzen
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 Schnurrbart
- Schnurrbartes genitive
- Schnurrbarts genitive
- Schnurrbärte plural
- Schnurrbärtchen diminutive neuter
- Schnurrbarte dative singular
- Schnurrbärten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schnurrbart?
- /ˈʃnʊʁˌbaːɐ̯t/
- [ˈʃnʊʁˌbaːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schnurrbart
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schnurrbart in German?
Schnurrbart appears 1.6 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).