Schweinswal
German, noun/ˈʃvaɪ̯nsˌvaːl/
Schweinswal is spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-N-S-W-A-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schweinswal is a German masculine noun meaning “porpoise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu den Zahnwalen gehörendes, allein oder in losen Schulen lebendes, fischfressendes Meeressäugetier mit…”.
What does Schweinswal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporpoise
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu den Zahnwalen gehörendes, allein oder in losen Schulen lebendes, fischfressendes Meeressäugetier mit gedrungenem Körper, stumpfer Schnauze ohne Schnabel, spatelförmigen Zähnen und niedriger dreieckiger Finne
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 Schweinswal
- Schweinswales genitive
- Schweinswals genitive
- Schweinswale plural
- Schweinswalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schweinswal?
- /ˈʃvaɪ̯nsˌvaːl/
- [ˈʃvaɪ̯nsˌvaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schweinswal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schweinswal in German?
Schweinswal appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).