schicken
German, verb/ˈʃɪkən/
schicken is spelled S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written German, the 1,705th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schicken is a German verb meaning “to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of schick. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden von einem Ort zu einem anderen senden”.
What does schicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)
Sie hat mir einen Liebesbrief geschickt.
- 2
to hurry
- 3
to be befitting, to be appropriate
Es schickt sich nicht, das zu sagen.
verb
- 1
to chew tobacco
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden von einem Ort zu einem anderen senden 2. den sittlichen Maßstäben entsprechen 3. (aus)reichen 4. geschehen
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 schicken
- schickt present singular third-person
- schickte past
- geschickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schickend participle present
- schicke first-person indicative present
- schickst indicative present second-person
- schickest second-person singular subjunctive
- schicket plural second-person subjunctive
- schickten first-person indicative plural
- schicktest indicative preterite second-person
- schicktet indicative plural preterite
- schick imperative second-person singular
- habe geschickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schick! imperative singular
- schickt! imperative plural
- geschickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schicken?
- /ˈʃɪkən/
- [ˈʃɪkŋ̩]
- [ˈʃɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schicken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schicken in German?
schicken appears 50 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).