Schwang
German, noun
Schwang is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwang is a German masculine noun meaning “swing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schwang is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schwingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwingende Bewegung; gebräuchlich sein beziehungsweise werden”.
What does Schwang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswing
- 2
masculinefashion
im Schwange sein
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schwingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwingende Bewegung; gebräuchlich sein beziehungsweise werden
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 Schwang
- Schwanges genitive
- Schwangs genitive
- Schwange dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schwang in German?
Schwang appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).