Schleife
German, noun
Schleife is spelled S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleife is a German feminine noun meaning “bow, tie (way of fastening laces etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schleife is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schlinge; Verknüpfung, die leicht lösbar ist; lose, kunstvoll verknüpftes Band; Knoten”.
What does Schleife mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebow, tie (way of fastening laces etc.)
- 2
femininebow, ribbon (ornament of such form)
- 3
feminineanything loop- or eight-shaped
- 4
feminineloop (something recurring or repetitive)
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletea simple sled used in agriculture to pull something forward, drag
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. Schlinge; Verknüpfung, die leicht lösbar ist; lose, kunstvoll verknüpftes Band; Knoten 2. meistens zu einem Hemd, zu einer Bluse oder im Haar getragenes Schmuckstück (Accessoire) 3. endlos verbundenes Band (Film, Magnetband) 4. stark gebogener Verlauf (einer Flugbahn, eines Flusses, einer Straße…)
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 Schleife
- Schleifen plural
- Schleifchen diminutive neuter
- Schlaufe alternative
- Schläufe alternative
- Schleufe alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schleife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schleife in German?
Schleife appears 5.5 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).