Schwimmweste
German, noun/ˈʃvɪmˌvɛstə/
Schwimmweste is spelled S-C-H-W-I-M-M-W-E-S-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwimmweste is a German feminine noun meaning “life jacket, life vest, lifevest, lifejacket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “westenartiges Rettungsmittel, das man überziehen kann und den Träger/die Trägerin über Wasser hält”.
What does Schwimmweste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelife jacket, life vest, lifevest, lifejacket
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. westenartiges Rettungsmittel, das man überziehen kann und den Träger/die Trägerin über Wasser hält
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 Schwimmweste
- Schwimmwesten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwimmweste?
- /ˈʃvɪmˌvɛstə/
- [ˈʃvɪmˌvɛstə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwimmweste in German?
Schwimmweste appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).