Schlafittchen
German, noun/ʃlaˈfɪtçən/
Schlafittchen is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-I-T-T-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlafittchen is a German neuter noun meaning “something on someone’s back by which they are grabbed in order to push or pull them: the collar, the hem of the jacket, the scruff of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stelle auf der Hinterseite des Körpers, an der ein Mensch oder Tier gefasst wird; Kragen am Hemd oder der…”.
What does Schlafittchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalneutersomething on someone’s back by which they are grabbed in order to push or pull them: the collar, the hem of the jacket, the scruff of the neck
Er packte den Betrunkenen am Schlafittchen und warf ihn raus.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stelle auf der Hinterseite des Körpers, an der ein Mensch oder Tier gefasst wird; Kragen am Hemd oder der Jacke; Zipfel am Rock oder Ärmel
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 Schlafittchen
- Schlafittchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlafittchen?
- /ʃlaˈfɪtçən/
- /ʃlaˈvɪtçən/
- [ʃlaˈfɪtçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schlafittchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlafittchen in German?
Schlafittchen appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).