schäkern
German, verb/ˈʃɛːkɐn/
schäkern is spelled S-C-H-Ä-K-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schäkern is a German verb meaning “to banter, to dally, to jest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit jemandem neckisch spaßen”.
What does schäkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to banter, to dally, to jest
- 2
to flirt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit jemandem neckisch spaßen 2. auf spaßige, neckische Weise flirten
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 schäkern
- schäkert present singular third-person
- schäkerte past
- geschäkert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schäkernd participle present
- schäkre first-person indicative present
- schäkere first-person indicative present
- schäker first-person indicative present
- schäkerst indicative present second-person
- schäkerest second-person singular subjunctive
- schäkrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schäkeret plural second-person subjunctive
- schäkret plural second-person subjunctive
- schäkerten first-person indicative plural
- schäkertest indicative preterite second-person
- schäkertet indicative plural preterite
- schäkere! imperative singular
- schäker! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schäkern?
- /ˈʃɛːkɐn/
- [ˈʃɛːkɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schäkern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schäkern in German?
schäkern appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).