Schwächling
German, noun/ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ/
Schwächling is spelled S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-L-I-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwächling is a German masculine noun meaning “weakling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft”.
What does Schwächling mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineweakling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person mit vergleichsweise geringer körperlicher oder charakterlicher/psychischer Kraft
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 Schwächling
- Schwächlinges genitive
- Schwächlings genitive
- Schwächlinge plural
- Schwächlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwächling?
- /ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ/
- [ˈʃvɛçlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwächling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwächling in German?
Schwächling 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).