schlank
German, adjective/ʃlaŋk/
schlank is a German adjective meaning “slim, svelte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Form schmal, nicht breit”.
What does schlank mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slim, svelte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Form schmal, nicht breit
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 schlank
- schlanker masculine nominative singular
- am schlanksten superlative
- am schlankesten superlative
- schlanke feminine nominative singular
- schlankes neuter nominative singular
- schlanken genitive masculine singular
- schlankem dative masculine singular
- der schlanke definite includes-article masculine
- die schlanke definite feminine includes-article
- das schlanke definite includes-article neuter
- die schlanken definite includes-article nominative
- des schlanken definite genitive includes-article
- der schlanken definite feminine genitive
- dem schlanken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlank?
- /ʃlaŋk/
- [ʃlaŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlank
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlank in German?
schlank appears 6.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).