schleunigst
German, adverb[ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪçst]
schleunigst is spelled S-C-H-L-E-U-N-I-G-S-T (11 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleunigst is a German adverb meaning “straight away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so schnell, wie es geht; auf der Stelle”.
What does schleunigst mean in English?
adverb
- 1
straight away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. so schnell, wie es geht; auf der Stelle
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce schleunigst?
- [ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪçst]
- [ˈʃlɔɪ̯nɪkst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schleunigst in German?
schleunigst appears 2.2 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).