schielen
German, verb
schielen is a German verb meaning “to squint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schielen is a different word: “gerund of schielen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(wegen einer Augenmuskelgleichgewichtsstörung) nicht exakt mit beiden Augen in dieselbe Richtung schauen”.
What does schielen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squint
- 2
to leer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schielen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (wegen einer Augenmuskelgleichgewichtsstörung) nicht exakt mit beiden Augen in dieselbe Richtung schauen 2. unauffällig auf etwas gucken 3. jemanden um etwas beneiden, etwas haben wollen
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 schielen
- schielt present singular third-person
- schielte past
- geschielt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schielend participle present
- schiele first-person indicative present
- schielst indicative present second-person
- schielest second-person singular subjunctive
- schielet plural second-person subjunctive
- schielten first-person indicative plural
- schieltest indicative preterite second-person
- schieltet indicative plural preterite
- schiel imperative second-person singular
- habe geschielt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschielt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schiele! imperative singular
- schiel! imperative singular
- schielt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schielen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schielen in German?
schielen 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).