schlagzeilen
German, verb
schlagzeilen is spelled S-C-H-L-A-G-Z-E-I-L-E-N (12 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlagzeilen is a German verb meaning “to headline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlagzeilen is a different word: “plural of Schlagzeile”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(einen Presseartikel) mit einer bestimmten Schlagzeile aufmachen”.
What does schlagzeilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to headline
noun
- 1
plural of Schlagzeile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (einen Presseartikel) mit einer bestimmten Schlagzeile aufmachen
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 schlagzeilen
- schlagzeilt present singular third-person
- schlagzeilte past
- geschlagzeilt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlagzeilend participle present
- schlagzeile first-person indicative present
- schlagzeilst indicative present second-person
- schlagzeilest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlagzeilet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlagzeilten first-person indicative plural
- schlagzeiltest indicative preterite second-person
- schlagzeiltet indicative plural preterite
- schlagzeil imperative second-person singular
- habe geschlagzeilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschlagzeilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schlagzeile! imperative singular
- schlagzeilt! imperative plural
- geschlagzeilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schlagzeilen in German?
schlagzeilen appears 9.8 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).