Schwund
German, noun/ʃvʊnt/
Schwund is spelled S-C-H-W-U-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwund is a German masculine noun meaning “atrophy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a verbal noun of schwinden: a process of gradual loss, disappearance, shrinkage…. The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist allmähliches Schwinden”.
What does Schwund mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineverbal noun of schwinden: a process of gradual loss, disappearance, shrinkage, depletion
- 2
masculineatrophy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist allmähliches Schwinden 2. Fading
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 Schwund
- Schwundes genitive
- Schwunds genitive
- Schwunde plural rare
- Schwünde plural rare
- Schwunden dative definite plural
- Schwünden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwund?
- /ʃvʊnt/
- [ʃvʊnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwund in German?
Schwund appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).