Declension of German noun Schweif with plural and article

The most important forms of "Schweif" are: genitive singular "Schweif(e)s" and nominative plural "Schweife". “Schweif” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are es/e. “Schweif” is masculine. The article is “der Schweif”. “Schweif” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Schweif but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -e

der Schweif

Schweif(e)s · Schweife

Endings es/e  

English tail, colored ground, coloured ground, comet tail, fur tail, hairy tail, trail

/ˈʃvaɪf/ · /ˈʃvaɪfəs/ · /ˈʃvaɪfə/

Schwanz des Pferdes; ein dicht behaarter Fellschwanz in der Pelzbranche; Kometenschweif

» Ich will einen Schweif . English I want a tail.

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Declension of Schweif in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derSchweif
Gen. desSchweifes/Schweifs
Dat. demSchweif/Schweife⁶
Acc. denSchweif

Plural

Nom. dieSchweife
Gen. derSchweife
Dat. denSchweifen
Acc. dieSchweife

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Examples

Example sentences for Schweif

  • Ich will einen Schweif . 
    English I want a tail.
  • Der Aalstrich führt beim Falben oft bis in den Schweif hinein. 
    English The eel stripe often extends into the tail of the falben.
  • Vorzugsweise wird der Schweif von russischen und kanadischen Eichhörnchen verwendet. 
    English Preferably, the tail of Russian and Canadian squirrels is used.
  • Weitschweifig werden die, die nichts unter dem Schweif haben. 
    English Those who have nothing under the tail become verbose.
  • Die Mähne reicht ihnen bis zur Brust, ihr Schweif fegt den Hügel. 
    English The mane reaches them to the chest, their tail sweeps the hill.
  • Im Licht der schmalen Mondsichel sah Brian deutlich den buschigen Schweif , den der Skunk zierlich in die Luft reckte, und die weißen Streifen an seinem Rücken. 
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Translation of German Schweif

German Schweif
English tail, colored ground, coloured ground, comet tail, fur tail, hairy tail, trail
Russian хвост, выцвета́ние, держа́вка, кометный хвост, кочерга́, пухлый хвост, шлейф
Spanish cola, cola de cometa, rabo
French queue, queue de comète
Turkish kuyruk
Portuguese cauda, cauda de cometa, cauda peluda
Italian coda, coda di cometa, coda pelosa
Romanian coada, coada cometelor
Hungarian farok, bundás farok, csóva, üstökösfark
Polish ogon, ogon komety, warkocz
Greek ουρά, ουρά κομήτη
Dutch staart, sleep, sliert, staartje, vachtstaart
Czech ocas, chlupatý ocas, chvost, kometární ohon, ocásek, ohon
Swedish svans, hästsvans, kometsvans, päls, stjärt
Danish hale, hestehale, kometsvans, pelsvans, slæb
Japanese 尾, 彗星の尾, 毛尾
Catalan cua, cua de cometa, cua peluda
Finnish häntä, karvahäntä
Norwegian halebane, hestehale, pelsvans
Basque buztana, isats, kometa-muntxa
Serbian rep, kometski rep
Macedonian дебел опашка, кометски опаш, опашка
Slovenian dlakast rep, kometov rep, rep
Slowakisch chvost, chvost kométy
Bosnian rep, rep komete
Croatian rep, rep komete
Ukrainian хвіст, кометний хвіст
Bulgarian опашка, кометен опашка
Belorussian кометны хвост, пухнаты хвост, хваст
Hebrewזנב، זנב כוכב שביט
Arabicذنب، ذيل، ذيل المذنب، ذيل كثيف الشعر
Persianدم، دم دنباله‌دار
Urduدم، دھوئیں کا دم، پونچھ، کومیت کا دم

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Meanings and synonyms of Schweif
  • Schwanz des Pferdes
  • ein dicht behaarter Fellschwanz in der Pelzbranche
  • Kometenschweif, Kometenschweif
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Schweif"

The noun “Schweif” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Schweif” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Schweif" declined?

“Schweif” is masculine. The article is “der Schweif”.

Is “Schweif” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Schweif” is masculine. The article is “der Schweif”.

What is the singular of "Schweif"?

The singular of “Schweif” is: der Schweif. The singular forms are: der Schweif (nominative), des Schweif(e)s (genitive), dem Schweif(e) (dative) and den Schweif (accusative).

What is the plural of “Schweif”?

The singular of “Schweif” is: die Schweife. The singular forms are: die Schweife (nominative), der Schweife (genitive), den Schweifen (dative) and die Schweife (accusative).

At what language level is “Schweif” used?

“Schweif” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Schweif”?

The declension of Schweif as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Schweif is crucial.

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