schnurstracks
German, adverb/ʃnuːɐ̯ˈʃtʁaks/
schnurstracks is spelled S-C-H-N-U-R-S-T-R-A-C-K-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnurstracks is a German adverb meaning “straightway, straight, directly (going somewhere immediately and by the shortest way possible)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “direkt, geradlinig”.
What does schnurstracks mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialstraightway, straight, directly (going somewhere immediately and by the shortest way possible)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. direkt, geradlinig 2. sofort
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce schnurstracks?
- /ʃnuːɐ̯ˈʃtʁaks/
- [ʃnuːɐ̯ˈʃtʁaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schnurstracks in German?
schnurstracks appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).