niederschlagen
German, verb
niederschlagen is spelled N-I-E-D-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N (14 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Niederschlagen is a German verb meaning “to defeat (an enemy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Niederschlägen is a different word: “dative plural of Niederschlag”. With a capital, Niederschlagen is a different word: “gerund of niederschlagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu Boden hauen”.
What does niederschlagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defeat (an enemy)
- 2
to quell (a rebellion)
- 3
to strike (someone) down, to beat (someone) down; to force someone downwards
einen Mann niederschlagen
- 4
to cast down (one's eyes), to look down
- 5
to quit to pursue (a legal claim or a criminal proceeding)
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Niederschlag
noun
- 1
neutergerund of niederschlagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu Boden hauen 2. (mit Gewalt) nach unten bewegen 3. auf die Eintreibung (einer Forderung) verzichten (ohne auf die Forderung selbst zu verzichten) 4. sich nach unten bewegen
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 niederschlagen
- schlägt nieder present singular third-person
- schlug nieder past
- niedergeschlagen participle past
- schlüge nieder past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- niederschlagend participle present
- niederzuschlagen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schlage nieder first-person indicative present
- schlagen nieder first-person indicative plural
- schlägst nieder indicative present second-person
- schlagt nieder indicative plural present
- schlagest nieder second-person singular subjunctive
- schlaget nieder plural second-person subjunctive
- schlugen nieder first-person indicative plural
- schlügen nieder first-person formal plural
- schlugst nieder indicative preterite second-person
- schlugt nieder indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to niederschlagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is niederschlagen in German?
niederschlagen appears 1.2 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).