Schranz
German, noun/ʃʁant͡s/
Schranz is spelled S-C-H-R-A-N-Z (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schranz is a German masculine noun meaning “tear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schranz mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandmasculinetear
- 2
masculineslangfast style of techno with reduced melodic elements
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Schranz
- Schranzes genitive
- Schränze plural
- Schranze dative singular
- Schränzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schranz?
- /ʃʁant͡s/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schranz in German?
Schranz appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).