Blindschleiche
German, noun[ˈblɪntˌʃlaɪ̯çə]
Blindschleiche is spelled B-L-I-N-D-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blindschleiche is a German feminine noun meaning “slowworm, blindworm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Echsenart innerhalb der Familie der Schleichen”.
What does Blindschleiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslowworm, blindworm
- 2
colloquialfemininesomeone who fails to see or notice things
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Echsenart innerhalb der Familie der Schleichen
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 Blindschleiche
- Blindschleichen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blindschleiche?
- [ˈblɪntˌʃlaɪ̯çə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blindschleiche in German?
Blindschleiche appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).