schleiche
German, verb[ˈʃlaɪ̯çə]
schleiche is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleiche is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does schleiche mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tier aus der Klasse der Reptilien, das einen langgestreckten Körper und keine Gliedmaßen besitzt, aber keine Schlange ist 2. Familie aus der Klasse der Reptilien mit über 70 Arten, die in Europa, Asien, dem amerikanischen Kontinent und auf den Antillen vorkommt
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 schleiche
- Schleichen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schleiche?
- [ˈʃlaɪ̯çə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schleiche in German?
schleiche appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).