schlägern

[ˈʃlɛːɡɐn]

/[ˈʃlɛːɡɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“schlägern” is uncommon German (frequency #63,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,733
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich prügeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-schlagern · schlägern · German

schlägern · rank #63,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,733
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH schleuder

Nearest frequency peer: schleuder (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schlägern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schlägern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schlägern
PropertyValue
Headwordschlägern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃlɛːɡɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schlägern“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).schlägernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „schleuder“ (#63,732), „schmückte“ (#63,734), „schneebedeckten“ (#63,736). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schlägern“ bei #63,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schlägern is uncommon German at frequency #63,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlɛːɡɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

schlägern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schlägern, spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich prügeln
  2. 2
    Bäume fällen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how schlägern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 16 Asylbewerber schlägern sich in Geretsried.
  2. Er wollte die Fichte bergwärts schlägern, sie fiel aber diagonal zur Hangrichtung. Der Mann wurde vom Baum am Kopf sowie Nacken getroffen und tödlich verletzt.

Synonyms

schlagenkloppenhauenabholzeneinschlagenfällenrodenschlagenumhauenumschlagen

This word in other languages

brawl(English)cortar(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schlägern"?
"schlägern" is spelled S-C-H-L-Ä-G-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃlɛːɡɐn].
What does "schlägern" mean?
As a verb, "schlägern" means: sich prügeln
How do you pronounce "schlägern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schlägern" is [ˈʃlɛːɡɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schlägern" come from?
"schlägern" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schlägern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schleuder#63,732schmückte#63,734Schrammen#63,738Schulkind#63,741

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list