schlicht
German, adjective/ʃlɪçt/
schlicht is spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,427th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlicht is a German adjective meaning “plain, simple, artless, natural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person plural preterite of schleichen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfach gehalten, nicht sehr aufwändig gestaltet”.
What does schlicht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
plain, simple, artless, natural
verb
- 1
second-person plural preterite of schleichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einfach gehalten, nicht sehr aufwändig gestaltet
particle: 1. betont das Gesagte ohne eine eigentliche eigene Bedeutung zu haben
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 schlicht
- schlichter masculine nominative singular
- am schlichtesten superlative
- schlichte feminine nominative singular
- schlichtes neuter nominative singular
- schlichten genitive masculine singular
- schlichtem dative masculine singular
- der schlichte definite includes-article masculine
- die schlichte definite feminine includes-article
- das schlichte definite includes-article neuter
- die schlichten definite includes-article nominative
- des schlichten definite genitive includes-article
- der schlichten definite feminine genitive
- dem schlichten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlicht?
- /ʃlɪçt/
- [ʃlɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlicht in German?
schlicht appears 17 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).