schwinden
German, verb
schwinden is spelled S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwinden is a German verb meaning “to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schwinden is a different word: “gerund of schwinden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in bedenklichem Maße nachlassen”.
What does schwinden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dwindle (to decrease, shrink, vanish)
Unser Holzvorrat schwindet rasch.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schwinden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in bedenklichem Maße nachlassen 2. allmählich verschwinden 3. an Volumen abnehmen, ohne sich zu verformen
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 schwinden
- schwindet present singular third-person
- schwand past
- geschwunden participle past
- schwände past subjunctive
- schwünde past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- schwindend participle present
- schwinde first-person indicative present
- schwindest indicative present second-person
- schwanden first-person indicative plural
- schwänden first-person formal plural
- schwandest indicative preterite second-person
- schwandst indicative preterite second-person
- schwandet indicative plural preterite
- schwändest formal rare second-person
- schwändet formal plural rare
- schwind imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schwinden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwinden in German?
schwinden appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).