schlafwandeln
German, verb
schlafwandeln is spelled S-C-H-L-A-F-W-A-N-D-E-L-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlafwandeln is a German verb meaning “to sleepwalk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlafwandeln is a different word: “gerund of schlafwandeln; sleepwalking”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Schlafzustand herumgehen und handeln, ohne sich dessen bewusst zu sein”.
What does schlafwandeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sleepwalk
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schlafwandeln; sleepwalking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phänomen, bei dem der Schlafende ohne aufzuwachen das Bett verlässt, umhergeht und teilweise auch Tätigkeiten verrichtet
verb: 1. im Schlafzustand herumgehen und handeln, ohne sich dessen bewusst zu sein
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 schlafwandeln
- schlafwandelt present singular third-person
- schlafwandelte past
- geschlafwandelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlafwandelnd participle present
- schlafwandle first-person indicative present
- schlafwandele first-person indicative present
- schlafwandel first-person indicative present
- schlafwandelst indicative present second-person
- schlafwandelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlafwandlest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlafwandelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlafwandlet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlafwandelten first-person indicative plural
- schlafwandeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schlafwandeltet indicative plural preterite
- Schlafwandelns genitive singular
- schlafwandel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schlafwandeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlafwandeln in German?
schlafwandeln appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).