Schwanz
German, noun
Schwanz is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-Z (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwanz is a German masculine noun meaning “tail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, schwänz is a different word: “singular imperative of schwänzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinterer Körperfortsatz bei Tieren”.
What does Schwanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetail
- 2
informalmasculinevulgarcock, dick, penis
- 3
derogatorymasculineprick, dickhead
Was will der Schwanz von mir?
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schwänzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hinterer Körperfortsatz bei Tieren 2. Penis 3. Zipfel 4. Abgang des Weines
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 Schwanz
- Schwanzes genitive
- Schwänze plural
- Schwänzchen diminutive neuter
- Schwänzlein diminutive neuter
- Schwanzerl diminutive neuter
- Schwanze dative singular
- Schwänzen dative definite plural
- Schw*nz alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schwanz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwanz in German?
Schwanz appears 34 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).