Schwanzlurch
German, noun/ˈʃvant͡sˌlʊʁç/
Schwanzlurch is spelled S-C-H-W-A-N-Z-L-U-R-C-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwanzlurch is a German masculine noun meaning “salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwanztragendes Amphibium aus der Ordnung Caudata”.
What does Schwanzlurch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesalamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwanztragendes Amphibium aus der Ordnung Caudata
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 Schwanzlurch
- Schwanzlurches genitive
- Schwanzlurchs genitive
- Schwanzlurche plural
- Schwanzlurchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwanzlurch?
- /ˈʃvant͡sˌlʊʁç/
- [ˈʃvant͡sˌlʊʁç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwanzlurch in German?
Schwanzlurch appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).