Schlafentzug
German, noun/ˈʃlaːf.ɛn(t)ˌtsuːk/
Schlafentzug is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-E-N-T-Z-U-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlafentzug is a German masculine noun meaning “sleep deprivation (the act of not allowing someone to sleep, e.g. as a form of torture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen”.
What does Schlafentzug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesleep deprivation (the act of not allowing someone to sleep, e.g. as a form of torture)
- 2
masculinesynonym of Schlafmangel, Schlafdefizit (“lack of sleep, e.g. because of insomnia”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wachhalten, Abhalten einer Person vom Schlafen
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 Schlafentzug
- Schlafentzugs genitive
- Schlafentzuges genitive
- Schlafentzüge plural
- Schlafentzuge dative singular
- Schlafentzügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlafentzug?
- /ˈʃlaːf.ɛn(t)ˌtsuːk/
- [ˈʃlaːf.ʔɛntˌt͡suːk]
- [ˈʃlaː.fɛnˌt͡suːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schlafentzug in German?
Schlafentzug 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).