breitschlagen
German, verb
breitschlagen is spelled B-R-E-I-T-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Breitschlagen is a German verb meaning “to hammer flat and broad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Breitschlagen is a different word: “gerund of breitschlagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden (unsachlich) überreden”.
What does breitschlagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hammer flat and broad
Metall breitschlagen
- 2
colloquialto win over; to persuade (at long last)
sich breitschlagen lassen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of breitschlagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden (unsachlich) überreden
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 breitschlagen
- schlägt breit present singular third-person
- schlug breit past
- breitgeschlagen participle past
- schlüge breit past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- breitschlagend participle present
- breitzuschlagen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schlage breit first-person indicative present
- schlagen breit first-person indicative plural
- schlägtst breit indicative present second-person
- schlagt breit indicative plural present
- schlagest breit second-person singular subjunctive
- schlaget breit plural second-person subjunctive
- schlugen breit first-person indicative plural
- schlügen breit first-person formal plural
- schlugst breit indicative preterite second-person
- schlugt breit indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is breitschlagen in German?
breitschlagen appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).