schlaff
German, adjective/ʃlaf/
schlaff is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlaff is a German adjective meaning “slack, limp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Festigkeit, ohne Spannung”.
What does schlaff mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slack, limp
- 2
weak, weary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Festigkeit, ohne Spannung
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 schlaff
- schlaffer masculine nominative singular
- am schlaffsten superlative
- schlaffe feminine nominative singular
- schlaffes neuter nominative singular
- schlaffen genitive masculine singular
- schlaffem dative masculine singular
- der schlaffe definite includes-article masculine
- die schlaffe definite feminine includes-article
- das schlaffe definite includes-article neuter
- die schlaffen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlaffen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlaffen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlaffen dative definite includes-article
- schlapp variant
- am schlaffesten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlaff?
- /ʃlaf/
- [ʃlaf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlaff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlaff in German?
schlaff appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).