faulenzen
German, verb/ˈfaʊ̯ˌlɛn(t)sən/
faulenzen is spelled F-A-U-L-E-N-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faulenzen is a German verb meaning “to laze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein”.
What does faulenzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laze
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nichts tun, es sich gutgehen lassen, faul sein
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 faulenzen
- faulenzt present singular third-person
- faulenzte past
- gefaulenzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- faulenzend participle present
- faulenze first-person indicative present
- faulenzest second-person singular subjunctive
- faulenzet plural second-person subjunctive
- faulenzten first-person indicative plural
- faulenztest indicative preterite second-person
- faulenztet indicative plural preterite
- faulenz imperative second-person singular
- habe gefaulenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefaulenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- faulenze! imperative singular
- faulenzt! imperative plural
- gefaulenzt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu faulenzen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faulenzen?
- /ˈfaʊ̯ˌlɛn(t)sən/
- [ˈfaʊ̯ˌlɛntsən]
- [-ˌlɛnsən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faulenzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faulenzen in German?
faulenzen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).