Schwarte
German, noun
Schwarte is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwarte is a German feminine noun meaning “pork rind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, schwärte is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “dicke, behaarte Haut”.
What does Schwarte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepork rind
- 2
colloquialfemininetome (big book)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive II
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dicke, behaarte Haut 2. zum Verzehr bestimmte Schweinehaut 3. die menschliche Kopfhaut 4. ein dickes Buch (oft abwertend)
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 Schwarte
- Schwarten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schwarte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwarte in German?
Schwarte appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).