schlendere an
[ˌʃlɛndəʁə ˈan]
The verdict
“schlendere an” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs anschlendern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlendere an |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌʃlɛndəʁə ˈan] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schlendere an” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schlendere an is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʃlɛndəʁə ˈan]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for schlendere an in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schlendere an, spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-D-E-R-E- -A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs anschlendern
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anschlendern
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anschlendern
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anschlendern
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “schlendere an”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-L-E-N-D-E-R-E- -A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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