Schwimmflügel
German, noun[ˈʃvɪmˌflyːɡl̩]
Schwimmflügel is spelled S-C-H-W-I-M-M-F-L-Ü-G-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwimmflügel is a German masculine noun meaning “armfloat, water wing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luftkissen, das als Schwimmhilfe um den Oberarm geschnallt wird”.
What does Schwimmflügel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearmfloat, water wing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luftkissen, das als Schwimmhilfe um den Oberarm geschnallt wird
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 Schwimmflügel
- Schwimmflügels genitive
- Schwimmflügeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwimmflügel?
- [ˈʃvɪmˌflyːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwimmflügel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwimmflügel in German?
Schwimmflügel 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).