schwanger
German, adjective
schwanger is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-G-E-R (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwanger is a German adjective meaning “pregnant (of humans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, schwänger is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift”.
What does schwanger mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pregnant (of humans)
Sie ist schwanger von ihrem Mann Peter mit ihrem dritten Kind.
- 2
colloquialpregnant, gravid (of animals)
- 3
full of, laden with
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in dem Zustand, in dem ein Embryo (nach Herausbildung der inneren Organe ein Fötus) im Körper heranreift
suffix: 1. bringt in Bildungen mit Substantiven das von etwas (in geheimnisvoller, schicksalhafter Weise) Erfülltsein beziehungsweise das etwas (auf mysteriöse Weise) Insichtragende, Insichbergende der beschriebenen Person oder Sache zum Ausdruck
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 schwanger
- schwangerer masculine nominative singular
- schwangere feminine nominative singular
- schwangeres neuter nominative singular
- schwangeren genitive masculine singular
- schwangerem dative masculine singular
- der schwangere definite includes-article masculine
- die schwangere definite feminine includes-article
- das schwangere definite includes-article neuter
- die schwangeren definite includes-article nominative
- des schwangeren definite genitive includes-article
- der schwangeren definite feminine genitive
- dem schwangeren dative definite includes-article
- den schwangeren dative definite includes-article
- schwangrer positive nominative strong
- schwangre positive nominative strong
- schwangres positive nominative strong
- schwangren positive genitive strong
- schwangrem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schwanger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwanger in German?
schwanger appears 14 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).