Schwamm
German, noun
Schwamm is spelled S-C-H-W-A-M-M (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwamm is a German masculine noun meaning “sponge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schwamm is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schwimmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tier aus dem Stamm der Schwämme”.
What does Schwamm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesponge
- 2
masculineobsoletefungus, mushroom, toadstool
- 3
masculinemorbid growth
- 4
masculinedry rot
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schwimmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tier aus dem Stamm der Schwämme 2. Bade- oder Putzutensil aus [1], ersatzweise aus Gummi, Kunststoff oder Ähnlichem 3. der Befall mit holzzerstörendem Pilz (besonders Serpula lacrymans) 4. mundartlich für Pilze (in Österreich und Alt-Bayern meist Verkleinerungsform Schwammerl, in Teilen Sachsens und im Erzgebirge Verkleinerungsform Schwämmel)
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 Schwamm
- Schwammes genitive
- Schwamms genitive
- Schwämme plural
- Schwamme dative singular
- Schwämmen dative definite plural
- Schwämmchen diminutive
- Schwämmlein diminutive
- Schwämmel diminutive
- Schwammerl diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schwamm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwamm in German?
Schwamm appears 3.9 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).