schwappen
German, verb/ˈʃvapən/
schwappen is spelled S-C-H-W-A-P-P-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwappen is a German verb meaning “to slosh, to slop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(meist) über Flüssigkeiten”.
What does schwappen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slosh, to slop
Das Badewannenwasser schwappte.
- 2
to slosh, to slop
Das Wasser schwappte aus der Badewanne.
- 3
to splash, to slop, to squirt
Sie schwappte sich Wasser ins Gesicht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (meist) über Flüssigkeiten 2. sich so hin und her bewegen, dass die Oberfläche Wellen bekommt und Geräusche entstehen 3. sich so hin und her bewegen, dass die Flüssigkeit ihr Behältnis verlässt 4. Flüssigkeit spritzend mit einem glucksenden Geräusch bewegen/vergießen
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 schwappen
- schwappt present singular third-person
- schwappte past
- geschwappt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schwappend participle present
- schwappe first-person indicative present
- schwappst indicative present second-person
- schwappest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwappet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwappten first-person indicative plural
- schwapptest indicative preterite second-person
- schwapptet indicative plural preterite
- schwapp imperative second-person singular
- schwapp! imperative singular
- schwappe! imperative singular
- schwappt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwappen?
- /ˈʃvapən/
- [ˈʃvapən]
- [ˈʃvapm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwappen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwappen in German?
schwappen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).