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Schwof

German, noun/ʃvoːf/

Schwof is spelled S-C-H-W-O-F (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwof is a German masculine noun meaning “dance (social gathering)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tanz, Tanzveranstaltung”.

What does Schwof mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinedance (social gathering)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Tanz, Tanzveranstaltung 2. der Vorgang des Tanzens selbst

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 Schwof

  • Schwofs genitive
  • Schwofe plural
  • Schwofen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Schwof?

  • /ʃvoːf/
  • [ʃvoːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Schwof in German?

Schwof appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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