schleppen
German, verb
schleppen is spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleppen is a German verb meaning “to tow; to haul; to drag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schleppen is a different word: “plural of Schleppe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwer tragen, so dass man sich sehr dabei anstrengt”.
What does schleppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tow; to haul; to drag
- 2
to carry (something heavy); to hump
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Schleppe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schwer tragen, so dass man sich sehr dabei anstrengt 2. schleifend bewegen oder fortbewegen 3. sich unter großer Kraftanstrengung bewegen 4. ziehen
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 schleppen
- schleppt present singular third-person
- schleppte past
- geschleppt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schleppend participle present
- schleppe first-person indicative present
- schleppst indicative present second-person
- schleppest second-person singular subjunctive
- schleppet plural second-person subjunctive
- schleppten first-person indicative plural
- schlepptest indicative preterite second-person
- schlepptet indicative plural preterite
- schlepp imperative second-person singular
- habe geschleppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschleppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schleppe! imperative singular
- schlepp! imperative singular
- schleppt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schleppen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schleppen in German?
schleppen appears 3.9 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).