schlenkern
German, verb/ˈʃlɛŋkɐn/
schlenkern is spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-K-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlenkern is a German verb meaning “to dangle, sway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich hin und her, von links nach rechts und zurück bewegen”.
What does schlenkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dangle, sway
- 2
to wander, stroll
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich hin und her, von links nach rechts und zurück bewegen 2. etwas hin und her, von links nach rechts und zurück bewegen 3. planlos durch die Gegend schlendern, spazierengehen
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 schlenkern
- schlenkert present singular third-person
- schlenkerte past
- geschlenkert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- schlenkernd participle present
- schlenkre first-person indicative present
- schlenkere first-person indicative present
- schlenker first-person indicative present
- schlenkerst indicative present second-person
- schlenkerest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlenkrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlenkeret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlenkret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlenkerten first-person indicative plural
- schlenkertest indicative preterite second-person
- schlenkertet indicative plural preterite
- schlenker! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlenkern?
- /ˈʃlɛŋkɐn/
- [ˈʃlɛŋkɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schlenkern in German?
schlenkern appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).