schlemmen
German, verb/ˈʃlemən/
schlemmen is spelled S-C-H-L-E-M-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlemmen is a German verb meaning “to debauch, feast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gut, reichlich und voller Genuss essen, oftmals hochpreisige, ausgesuchte Nahrungsmittel”.
What does schlemmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to debauch, feast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. gut, reichlich und voller Genuss essen, oftmals hochpreisige, ausgesuchte Nahrungsmittel
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 schlemmen
- schlemmt present singular third-person
- schlemmte past
- geschlemmt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlemmend participle present
- schlemme first-person indicative present
- schlemmst indicative present second-person
- schlemmest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlemmet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlemmten first-person indicative plural
- schlemmtest indicative preterite second-person
- schlemmtet indicative plural preterite
- schlemm imperative second-person singular
- habe geschlemmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschlemmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schlemm! imperative singular
- schlemme! imperative singular
- schlemmt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlemmen?
- /ˈʃlemən/
- [ˈʃlemən]
- [-mn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlemmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlemmen in German?
schlemmen 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).