schieflachen
German, verb
schieflachen is spelled S-C-H-I-E-F-L-A-C-H-E-N (12 letters). Schieflachen is a German verb meaning “to crack up, to laugh one's head off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schieflachen is a different word: “gerund of schieflachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “heftig, kräftig Freude zeigen (lachen)”.
What does schieflachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto crack up, to laugh one's head off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schieflachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. heftig, kräftig Freude zeigen (lachen)
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 schieflachen
- lacht schief present singular third-person
- lachte schief past
- schiefgelacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schieflachend participle present
- schiefzulachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lache schief first-person indicative present
- lachen schief first-person indicative plural
- lachst schief indicative present second-person
- lachest schief second-person singular subjunctive
- lachet schief plural second-person subjunctive
- lachten schief first-person indicative plural
- lachtest schief indicative preterite second-person
- lachtet schief indicative plural preterite
- lach schief! imperative singular
- lache schief! imperative singular
- lacht schief! imperative plural
- sich schieflachen infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).