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Schlapphut

German, noun[ˈʃlapˌhuːt]

Schlapphut is spelled S-C-H-L-A-P-P-H-U-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlapphut is a German masculine noun meaning “slouch hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hut aus weichem Material mit unfestem Kopfteil und gewellter Krempe”.

What does Schlapphut mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineslouch hat

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinespy

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hut aus weichem Material mit unfestem Kopfteil und gewellter Krempe 2. Person, die sich mit einem Hut tarnt

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 Schlapphut

  • Schlapphutes genitive
  • Schlapphuts genitive
  • Schlapphüte plural
  • Schlapphute dative singular
  • Schlapphüten dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Schlapphut?

  • [ˈʃlapˌhuːt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Schlapphut

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Schlapphut in German?

Schlapphut appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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