Schulschwänzer
German, noun[ˈʃuːlˌʃvɛnt͡sɐ]
Schulschwänzer is spelled S-C-H-U-L-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schulschwänzer is a German masculine noun meaning “truant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schüler, der absichtlich dem Unterricht fern bleibt”.
What does Schulschwänzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetruant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schüler, der absichtlich dem Unterricht fern bleibt
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 Schulschwänzer
- Schulschwänzers genitive
- Schulschwänzerin feminine
- Schulschwänzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schulschwänzer?
- [ˈʃuːlˌʃvɛnt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schulschwänzer in German?
Schulschwänzer appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).