schlenzen
German, verb/ˈʃlɛnt͡sn̩/
schlenzen is spelled S-C-H-L-E-N-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlenzen is a German verb meaning “to flick, curl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(einen Ball) mit Effet, geringer Ausholbewegung und deshalb wenig Druck hoch schießen”.
What does schlenzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flick, curl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (einen Ball) mit Effet, geringer Ausholbewegung und deshalb wenig Druck hoch schießen 2. (einen Ball / Puck) am Schläger geführt in einer Drehbewegung des Körpers um die Längsachse so beschleunigen, dass der Ball / Puck hoch fliegt
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 schlenzen
- schlenzt present singular third-person
- schlenzte past
- geschlenzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlenzend participle present
- schlenze first-person indicative present
- schlenzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlenzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlenzten first-person indicative plural
- schlenztest indicative preterite second-person
- schlenztet indicative plural preterite
- schlenz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschlenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschlenzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schlenz! imperative singular
- schlenze! imperative singular
- schlenzt! imperative plural
- geschlenzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlenzen?
- /ˈʃlɛnt͡sn̩/
- [ˈʃlɛnt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schlenzen in German?
schlenzen appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).