schwindelfrei
German, adjective/ˈʃvɪndl̩fʁaɪ̯/
schwindelfrei is spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-L-F-R-E-I (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwindelfrei is a German adjective meaning “unafraid of heights” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frei von Angst vor einem unsicheren Stand, kein oder nur sehr wenig Schwindelgefühl bekommend”.
What does schwindelfrei mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unafraid of heights
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frei von Angst vor einem unsicheren Stand, kein oder nur sehr wenig Schwindelgefühl bekommend
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 schwindelfrei
- schwindelfreier masculine nominative singular
- am schwindelfreiesten rare superlative
- am schwindelfreisten superlative
- schwindelfreie feminine nominative singular
- schwindelfreies neuter nominative singular
- schwindelfreien genitive masculine singular
- schwindelfreiem dative masculine singular
- der schwindelfreie definite includes-article masculine
- die schwindelfreie definite feminine includes-article
- das schwindelfreie definite includes-article neuter
- die schwindelfreien definite includes-article nominative
- des schwindelfreien definite genitive includes-article
- der schwindelfreien definite feminine genitive
- dem schwindelfreien dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwindelfrei?
- /ˈʃvɪndl̩fʁaɪ̯/
- [ˈʃvɪndl̩fʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schwindelfrei in German?
schwindelfrei appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).