Schwall
German, noun/ˈʃval/
Schwall is spelled S-C-H-W-A-L-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwall is a German masculine noun meaning “flood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine große Menge, die über jemanden oder etwas hereinbricht (insbesondere Wasser oder andere Flüssigkeiten…”.
What does Schwall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflood
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine große Menge, die über jemanden oder etwas hereinbricht (insbesondere Wasser oder andere Flüssigkeiten, aber auch Worte, Düfte und anderes)
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 Schwall
- Schwalles genitive
- Schwalls genitive
- Schwalle plural
- Schwallen dative definite plural
- Schwälle nominative plural
- Schwällen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwall?
- /ˈʃval/
- [ʃval]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwall in German?
Schwall 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).