schlagen
German, verb
schlagen is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlagen is a German verb meaning “to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Schlägen is a different word: “dative plural of Schlag”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “heftige, starke Bewegung, mit dem Ziel etwas oder jemanden zu treffen”.
What does schlagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound
- 2
to beat; to win against; to defeat
- 3
to beat; to strike repeatedly; to pound
- 4
to beat; to whip; to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
- 5
to chime
- 6
to fight
- 7
to take, to capture
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schlag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. heftige, starke Bewegung, mit dem Ziel etwas oder jemanden zu treffen 2. gegen eine Person in einer Disziplin oder Tätigkeit gewinnen 3. gegeneinander kämpfen 4. eine gegnerische Spielfigur vom Brett nehmen
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 schlagen
- schlägt present singular third-person
- schlug past
- geschlagen participle past
- schlüge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- schlagend participle present
- schlage first-person indicative present
- schlägst indicative present second-person
- schlagt indicative plural present
- schlagest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlaget plural second-person subjunctive
- schlugen first-person indicative plural
- schlügen first-person formal plural
- schlugst indicative preterite second-person
- schlugt indicative plural preterite
- schlügest formal rare second-person
- schlügst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schlagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlagen in German?
schlagen appears 45 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).