schwach
German, adjective/ˈʃvax/
schwach is spelled S-C-H-W-A-C-H (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwach is a German adjective meaning “weak, lacking in strength” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Kraft”.
What does schwach mean in English?
adjective
- 1
weak, lacking in strength
- 2
weak
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Kraft 2. mangelhafte Leistung erbringend 3. in niedriger Konzentration
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 schwach
- schwacher masculine nominative singular
- schwächer comparative
- am schwächsten superlative
- schwache feminine nominative singular
- schwaches neuter nominative singular
- schwachen genitive masculine singular
- schwachem dative masculine singular
- der schwache definite includes-article masculine
- die schwache definite feminine includes-article
- das schwache definite includes-article neuter
- die schwachen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwachen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwachen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwachen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwach?
- /ˈʃvax/
- [ˈʃʋaχ]
- [ʃvax]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwach
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwach in German?
schwach appears 27 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).