Schliff
German, noun
Schliff is spelled S-C-H-L-I-F-F (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schliff is a German masculine noun meaning “sharpening (of a blade)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schliff is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schleifen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang des Glättens einer Oberfläche”.
What does Schliff mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesharpening (of a blade)
- 2
masculinegrinding
- 3
masculinecutting (of precious stones or glass)
- 4
masculinecut (of jewelry)
- 5
masculinepolish, sheen, sophistication
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verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schleifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang des Glättens einer Oberfläche 2. geglättete Oberfläche 3. Gesamtheit guter Umgangsformen, guten Verhaltens
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 Schliff
- Schliffes genitive
- Schliffs genitive
- Schliffe plural
- Schliffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schliff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schliff in German?
Schliff appears 1.1 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).