schleppend
German, verb[ˈʃlɛpn̩t]
schleppend is spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N-D (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleppend is a German verb meaning “present participle of schleppen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does schleppend mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of schleppen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein Vorgang, der nur langsam vor sich geht
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 schleppend
- ist schleppend masculine predicative singular
- es ist schleppend neuter predicative singular
- sind schleppend plural predicative third-person
- schleppender masculine nominative singular
- schleppende feminine nominative singular
- schleppendes neuter nominative singular
- schleppenden genitive masculine singular
- schleppendem dative masculine singular
- der schleppende definite includes-article masculine
- die schleppende definite feminine includes-article
- das schleppende definite includes-article neuter
- die schleppenden definite includes-article nominative
- des schleppenden definite genitive includes-article
- der schleppenden definite feminine genitive
- dem schleppenden dative definite includes-article
- am schleppendsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schleppend?
- [ˈʃlɛpn̩t]
- [ˈʃlɛpənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schleppend in German?
schleppend appears 1.2 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).