schlapp
German, adjective/ʃlap/
schlapp is spelled S-C-H-L-A-P-P (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlapp is a German adjective meaning “weak, lacking vigour, weary, exhausted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Energie habend, erschöpft”.
What does schlapp mean in English?
adjective
- 1
weak, lacking vigour, weary, exhausted
- 2
slack, flabby, limp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Energie habend, erschöpft 2. locker ohne Spannung herabhängend
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 schlapp
- schlapper masculine nominative singular
- am schlappsten superlative
- schlappe feminine nominative singular
- schlappes neuter nominative singular
- schlappen genitive masculine singular
- schlappem dative masculine singular
- der schlappe definite includes-article masculine
- die schlappe definite feminine includes-article
- das schlappe definite includes-article neuter
- die schlappen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlappen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlappen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlappen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlapp?
- /ʃlap/
- [ʃlap]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlapp
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlapp in German?
schlapp appears 2.0 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).