schwofen
German, verb/ˈʃvoːfn̩/
schwofen is spelled S-C-H-W-O-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwofen is a German verb meaning “to dance, shake a leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausgelassen tanzen; an einer (informellen) Tanzveranstaltung teilnehmen”.
What does schwofen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto dance, shake a leg
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ausgelassen tanzen; an einer (informellen) Tanzveranstaltung teilnehmen
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 schwofen
- schwoft present singular third-person
- schwofte past
- geschwoft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schwofend participle present
- schwofe first-person indicative present
- schwofst indicative present second-person
- schwofest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwofet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwoften first-person indicative plural
- schwoftest indicative preterite second-person
- schwoftet indicative plural preterite
- schwof imperative second-person singular
- habe geschwoft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschwoft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schwofe! imperative singular
- schwoft! imperative plural
- geschwoft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwofen?
- /ˈʃvoːfn̩/
- [ˈʃvoːfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schwofen in German?
schwofen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).