schlappen
German, verb
schlappen is spelled S-C-H-L-A-P-P-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlappen is a German verb meaning “to shuffle, to walk languidly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of schlapp. With a capital, Schlappen is a different word: “A slipper”.
What does schlappen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shuffle, to walk languidly
- 2
to lap, to lick off with moderate greediness
- 3
to hang down or off in particular due to acquired instability
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
masculineA slipper
noun
- 1
plural of Schlappe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leicht abwertend: bequemer Hausschuh, ausgetretener Schuh 2. umgangssprachlich: Autoreifen
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 schlappen
- Schlappens genitive
- Schlapfen alternative
- Schlappe alternative
- schlappt present singular third-person
- schlappte past
- geschlappt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- haben auxiliary
- sein or haben auxiliary
- schlappend participle present
- schlappe first-person indicative present
- schlappst indicative present second-person
- schlappest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlappet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlappten first-person indicative plural
- schlapptest indicative preterite second-person
- schlapptet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schlappen in German?
schlappen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).