schlingen
German, verb
schlingen is spelled S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlingen is a German verb meaning “to wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlingen is a different word: “plural of Schlinge”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich oder etwas sehr fest um etwas anderes wickeln”.
What does schlingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wind
- 2
to loop, tie, knot
- 3
to wind, coil
- 4
to creep, twine
verb
- 1
to gobble, to wolf down, to bolt (to eat quickly, often without chewing)
noun
- 1
plural of Schlinge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich oder etwas sehr fest um etwas anderes wickeln 2. schnell essen und ohne viel zu kauen, herunterschlucken
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 schlingen
- schlingt present singular third-person
- schlang past
- geschlungen participle past
- schlänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- schlingend participle present
- schlinge first-person indicative present
- schlingst indicative present second-person
- schlingest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlinget plural second-person subjunctive
- schlangen first-person indicative plural
- schlängen first-person formal plural
- schlangst indicative preterite second-person
- schlangt indicative plural preterite
- schlängest formal rare second-person
- schlängst formal rare second-person
- schlänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schlingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlingen in German?
schlingen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).