Schlich
German, noun
Schlich is spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlich is a German masculine noun meaning “trick, artifice, dodge, ruse, wile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schlich is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schleichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bestimmte Art, listig zu handeln, oft zu Lasten eines Opfers”.
What does Schlich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrick, artifice, dodge, ruse, wile
- 2
datedmasculineschlich (powdered ore)
- 3
masculineobsoleteslitch, mud
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schleichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine bestimmte Art, listig zu handeln, oft zu Lasten eines Opfers 2. feinkörniges Erz
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 Schlich
- Schliches genitive
- Schlichs genitive
- Schliche plural
- Schlichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlich in German?
Schlich appears 1.6 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).