schwimmfähig
German, adjective/ˈʃvɪmˌfɛːɪç/
schwimmfähig is spelled S-C-H-W-I-M-M-F-Ä-H-I-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwimmfähig is a German adjective meaning “buoyant, floatable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Schwimmen fähig; in der Lage, sich im Wasser fortzubewegen (und nicht darin zu ertrinken/versinken)”.
What does schwimmfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
buoyant, floatable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum Schwimmen fähig; in der Lage, sich im Wasser fortzubewegen (und nicht darin zu ertrinken/versinken)
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 schwimmfähig
- schwimmfähiger masculine nominative singular
- schwimmfähige feminine nominative singular
- schwimmfähiges neuter nominative singular
- schwimmfähigen genitive masculine singular
- schwimmfähigem dative masculine singular
- der schwimmfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwimmfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwimmfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwimmfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwimmfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwimmfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwimmfähigen dative definite includes-article
- den schwimmfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwimmfähig?
- /ˈʃvɪmˌfɛːɪç/
- /-ˌfeːɪç/
- /-ˌfɛːɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwimmfähig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwimmfähig in German?
schwimmfähig appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).