schlichten
German, verb
schlichten is spelled S-C-H-L-I-C-H-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlichten is a German verb meaning “to settle, to mediate (a dispute or argument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlichten is a different word: “gerund of schlichten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwischen streitenden Parteien vermitteln, einen Streit entschärfen”.
What does schlichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to settle, to mediate (a dispute or argument)
- 2
to smoothen (metal, wood, leather, etc.)
- 3
Austriato pile up, to sort, to order
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schlichten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zwischen streitenden Parteien vermitteln, einen Streit entschärfen 2. glätten 3. zu einem Stoß aufrichten, stapeln
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 schlichten
- schlichtet present singular third-person
- schlichtete past
- geschlichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlichtend participle present
- schlichte first-person indicative present
- schlichtest indicative present second-person
- schlichteten first-person indicative plural
- schlichtetest indicative preterite second-person
- schlichtetet indicative plural preterite
- schlicht imperative second-person singular
- habe geschlichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschlichtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schlichte! imperative singular
- schlichtet! imperative plural
- geschlichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- geschlichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geschlichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schlichten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlichten in German?
schlichten appears 4.3 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).