schlafend
German, verb[ˈʃlaːfn̩t]
schlafend is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlafend is a German verb meaning “present participle of schlafen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does schlafend mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of schlafen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich im Schlaf befindend
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 schlafend
- ist schlafend masculine predicative singular
- es ist schlafend neuter predicative singular
- sind schlafend plural predicative third-person
- schlafender masculine nominative singular
- schlafende feminine nominative singular
- schlafendes neuter nominative singular
- schlafenden genitive masculine singular
- schlafendem dative masculine singular
- der schlafende definite includes-article masculine
- die schlafende definite feminine includes-article
- das schlafende definite includes-article neuter
- die schlafenden definite includes-article nominative
- des schlafenden definite genitive includes-article
- der schlafenden definite feminine genitive
- dem schlafenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlafend?
- [ˈʃlaːfn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlafend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlafend in German?
schlafend appears 1.0 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).