schlampen
German, verb
schlampen is spelled S-C-H-L-A-M-P-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlampen is a German verb meaning “to work in a careless, sloppy manner; to slack; to botch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlampen is a different word: “plural of Schlampe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas sehr nachlässig tun”.
What does schlampen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialderogatoryto work in a careless, sloppy manner; to slack; to botch
ich habe beim Reparieren des Rohres geschlampt
- 2
derogatoryto hang, droop, be baggy
- 3
derogatoryrareto eat or drink noisily
noun
- 1
plural of Schlampe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas sehr nachlässig tun 2. lose herabhängen
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 schlampen
- schlampt present singular third-person
- schlampte past
- geschlampt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlampend participle present
- schlampe first-person indicative present
- schlampst indicative present second-person
- schlampest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlampet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlampten first-person indicative plural
- schlamptest indicative preterite second-person
- schlamptet indicative plural preterite
- schlamp imperative second-person singular
- habe geschlampt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschlampt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schlampe! imperative singular
- schlamp! imperative singular
- schlampt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schlampen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlampen in German?
schlampen appears 3.9 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).