Schwan
German, noun/ʃvaːn/
Schwan is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwan is a German masculine noun meaning “swan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wasservogel mit langem Hals (Gattungen Coscoroba und Cygnus) aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anatidae)”.
What does Schwan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswan
- 2
masculinethe constellation Cygnus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wasservogel mit langem Hals (Gattungen Coscoroba und Cygnus) aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anatidae) 2. weißer Nachtfalter aus der Familie der Trägspanner
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 Schwan
- Schwans genitive
- Schwanes genitive
- Schwäne plural
- Schwanen archaic plural
- Schwänchen diminutive neuter
- Schwänlein diminutive neuter
- Schwänin feminine
- Schwane dative singular
- Schwänen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwan?
- /ʃvaːn/
- [ʃʋäːn]
- [ʃvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwan in German?
Schwan appears 3.4 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).