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Schlag

German, noun

Schlag is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G (6 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlag is a German masculine noun meaning “blow, hit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schlag is a different word: “singular imperative of schlagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine starke, impulsartige Krafteinwirkung, meist vermittelt durch einen Gegenstand”.

What does Schlag mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineblow, hit

    ein herber Schlag

  2. 2

    masculinebeat (pulse on the beat level)

    Im Viervierteltakt gibt es vier Schläge pro Takt; jeder Schlag entspricht einer Viertelnote.

  3. 3

    masculinetype, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag

noun

  1. 1

    Austriainformalmasculineclipping of Schlagobers; whipped cream

    Einmal Sachertorte mit Schlag, bitte!

verb

as schlag
  1. 1

    singular imperative of schlagen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine starke, impulsartige Krafteinwirkung, meist vermittelt durch einen Gegenstand 2. mit der flachen Hand 3. mit der Faust 4. mit einem Gegenstand, Werkzeug oder dergleichen

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 Schlag

  • Schlages genitive
  • Schlags genitive
  • Schläge plural
  • Schlägchen diminutive neuter
  • Schlägelein diminutive neuter
  • Schläglein diminutive neuter
  • Schlagerl diminutive neuter
  • Schlage dative singular
  • Schlägen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Schlag

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schlag in German?

Schlag appears 27 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).

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