schlendern
German, verb/ˈʃlɛndɐn/
schlendern is spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlendern is a German verb meaning “to stroll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne bestimmtes Ziel locker und langsam umhergehen”.
What does schlendern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stroll
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne bestimmtes Ziel locker und langsam umhergehen
noun: 1. schlendernde Art zu gehen, schlendernder Gang
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 schlendern
- schlendert present singular third-person
- schlenderte past
- geschlendert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- schlendernd participle present
- schlendre first-person indicative present
- schlendere first-person indicative present
- schlender first-person indicative present
- schlenderst indicative present second-person
- schlenderest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlendrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlenderet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlendret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlenderten first-person indicative plural
- schlendertest indicative preterite second-person
- schlendertet indicative plural preterite
- schlender! imperative singular
- schlendere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlendern?
- /ˈʃlɛndɐn/
- [ˈʃlɛndɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlendern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlendern in German?
schlendern appears 1.0 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).