Schlacken
German, noun[ˈʃlakn̩]
Schlacken is spelled S-C-H-L-A-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlacken is a German feminine noun meaning “plural of Schlacke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schlacken mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Schlacke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rückstand bei der Verbrennung (Schlacke) bilden
verb: 1. mit einem Gemisch aus Regen und Schnee regnen
verb: 1. Segel losmachen
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 Schlacken
- schlackt present
- schlackte past
- geschlackt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geschlackt haben active infinitive perfect
- geschlackt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geschlackt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- geschlackt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- geschlackt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu schlacken active extended infinitive
- geschlackt zu haben active extended infinitive
- geschlackt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- geschlackt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
- geschlackt zu sein statal-passive extended infinitive
- geschlackt gewesen zu sein statal-passive extended infinitive
- schlackend participle present active
- schlack! imperative second-person singular
- schlacke! imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlacken?
- [ˈʃlakn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schlacken in German?
Schlacken appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).