schelten
German, verb/ˈʃɛltən/
schelten is spelled S-C-H-E-L-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schelten is a German verb meaning “to scold (someone); to rebuke; to chide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schimpfen”.
What does schelten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scold (someone); to rebuke; to chide
- 2
to scold
- 3
obsoleteto curse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schimpfen 2. ausschimpfen, schmähen 3. jemanden als etwas bezeichnen 4. tadeln, Kritik üben
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 schelten
- schilt present singular third-person
- schalt past
- gescholten participle past
- schälte past subjunctive
- schölte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- scheltend participle present
- schelte first-person indicative present
- schiltst indicative present second-person
- scheltet indicative plural present
- scheltest second-person singular subjunctive
- schalten first-person indicative plural
- schälten first-person formal plural
- schölten first-person formal plural
- schaltest indicative preterite second-person
- schaltst indicative preterite second-person
- schaltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schelten?
- /ˈʃɛltən/
- [ˈʃɛltn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schelten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schelten in German?
schelten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).