schnell

From Middle High German snel, from Old High German snel (“nimble, brave, quick, lively”), from Proto-West Germanic *snel, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, bold, quick”). Cognate with Dutch snel, English snell. More at snell.

• IPA^(key): /ʃnɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

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schnell (strong nominative masculine singular schneller, comparative schneller, superlative am schnellsten)

1. quick, fast

   Er fährt ein schnelles Auto. ― He is driving a fast car.

   Ich brauche eine schnelle Antwort. ― I need a quick answer.

• blitzschnell
• sekundenschnell

• Schnelligkeit
• Schnelle
• vorschnell

schnell

1. quickly
2. again; quick; used after a question to imply that one ought to know the answer

   Wie heißt er schnell?

   What’s his name again?

• (again): (doch) gleich; noch (mal)

• langsam

• sag schnell

• → Russian: шнель (šnelʹ), шнеле (šnele), шнеля (šnelja, “quickly; go”)

• “schnell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schnell” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schnell” in Duden online

From Middle High German snël, from Old High German snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snël, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“quick, bold, active”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: schnell

schnell (comparative schneller, superlative schnellest)

1. fast, quick, swift

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “schnell”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 30, column 2

From Middle High German snël, from Old High German snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snël, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz. Cognate with German schnell, English snell, Dutch snel.

• IPA^(key): /ʃnæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

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schnell (masculine schnellen, neuter schnellt, comparative méi schnell, superlative am schnellsten)

1. fast, quick, swift

• flott
• huerteg
• schëtzeg
• séier