Schwüle
German, noun
Schwüle is spelled S-C-H-W-Ü-L-E (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwüle is a German feminine noun meaning “stuffiness, stickiness, sultriness, mugginess, closeness (of atmosphere, air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Schwule is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schwuler”. In lower case, schwüle is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand von zugleich relativ hoher Wärme und Luftfeuchtigkeit”.
What does Schwüle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestuffiness, stickiness, sultriness, mugginess, closeness (of atmosphere, air)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schwuler
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand von zugleich relativ hoher Wärme und Luftfeuchtigkeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is Schwüle in German?
Schwüle appears 11 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).