schnell

Meaning

Adj

quick, fast

Adv

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

Concepts

fast

quick

quickly

rapid

swift

speedy

rapidly

swiftly

prompt

expeditious

expeditiously

apace

hurried

hurriedly

hurry

briskly

speedily

suddenly

just

slippy

satisfactory

shallowly

sharp

snap

speed

steadily

sweeping

voluminous

with dispatch

finishing up in a hurry

with despatch

like nobody’s business

expediate

like gangbusters

all of the sudden

like a train

fast

quick

accelerated

quick

agilely

around

conspicuously

early

expedited

express

fleetly

flowing

flying

frequent

Synonyms

geschwind

rasch

hurtig

flugs

flink

eilig

prompt

flott

fix

eilends

hastig

zügig

rapide

rapid

ungestüm

plötzlich

heftig

bald

🔜

rasant

reißend

fließend

behende

behänd

geschäftig

Zeit sparend

speditiv

häufig

gleich

eloquent

zeitsparend

vorlaut

behände

dreist

behend

schleunig

zusehends

demnächst

🔜

blitzschnell

flexibel

beträchtlich

fest

kurz

beschleunigte

beeilt

Avis

in kurzer Zeit

im Nu

kurzzeitig

leicht

elastisch

Translations

rápido

snel

rapido

rapide

rápido

vite

vlug

veloce

rapidement

gauw

rápidamente

hızlı

velocemente

spoedig

Dialects

Zürich

schnell

Aargau

gschnäll

Aargau

handchehrum

Aargau

im schnuuz

Aargau

schnell

Aargau

tifig

Aargau

weidli

Appenzell Innerrhoden

schnell

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

selewiewädli

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

wädli

Basel-Landschaft

gschwind

St. Gallen

ggnoat

St. Gallen

gnoat

St. Gallen

wòllì

Aargau

gleitig

Zürich

rassig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃnɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: snel

Inherited from Old High German: snel

Cognate with Dutch: snel

Cognate with English: snell

In summary

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.

Sentences

Er musste in der Lage sein , diese sehr schnell zu töten .

He had to be able to kill them very quickly.

In diesem Fall können die Augen jedoch ebenfalls schnell ermüden .

In this case, however, the eyes can also tire quickly.

In der Sonne trocknet nasse Kleidung besonders schnell .

Wet clothes dry particularly quickly in the sun.

Japanische Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge sind extrem schnell und immer pünktlich .

Japanese high-speed trains are extremely fast and always on time.

Drei-Gänge-Menüs lassen sich schnell zubereiten .

Three-course meals can be prepared quickly.

Die jungen Spieler schafften es schnell sich in der Mannschaft zu etablieren .

The young players quickly managed to establish themselves in the team.