Schlaf
German, noun
Schlaf is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F (6 letters) and appears 33 times per million words in written German, the 2,499th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlaf is a German masculine noun meaning “sleep (condition of reduced consciousness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schlaf is a different word: “singular imperative of schlafen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand der Ruhe eines Lebewesens (meistens höhere Tiere und Menschen, selten auch Pflanzen)”.
What does Schlaf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesleep (condition of reduced consciousness)
- 2
masculinesleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eyes)
- 3
masculineobsoletetemple (anatomy)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schlafen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of schlafen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand der Ruhe eines Lebewesens (meistens höhere Tiere und Menschen, selten auch Pflanzen) 2. verkrustete Tränenflüssigkeit, die sich oftmals am Morgen auf den carunculis lacrimalis, den Tränenwärzchen, findet
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 Schlaf
- Schlafes genitive
- Schlafs genitive
- Schläfe plural
- Schläfchen diminutive neuter
- Schläflein diminutive neuter
- Schlaferl diminutive neuter
- Schlafe dative singular
- Schläfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schlaf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlaf in German?
Schlaf appears 33 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).