schlingern
German, verb[ˈʃlɪŋɐn]
schlingern is spelled S-C-H-L-I-N-G-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlingern is a German verb meaning “to fishtail, to sway, to roll (to move in uncontrolled manner shaking from side to side) (of a ship, car or other vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “um die Längsachse des Schiffes hin- und herschwanken”.
What does schlingern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fishtail, to sway, to roll (to move in uncontrolled manner shaking from side to side) (of a ship, car or other vehicle)
- 2
to lurch, to move unsteadily (of a ship or drunk person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. um die Längsachse des Schiffes hin- und herschwanken 2. aus der beabsichtigten Richtung links und rechts unkontrolliert abweichen
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 schlingern
- schlingert present singular third-person
- schlingerte past
- geschlingert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schlingernd participle present
- schlingre first-person indicative present
- schlingere first-person indicative present
- schlinger first-person indicative present
- schlingerst indicative present second-person
- schlingerest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlingrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlingeret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlingret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlingerten first-person indicative plural
- schlingertest indicative preterite second-person
- schlingertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlingern?
- [ˈʃlɪŋɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlingern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlingern in German?
schlingern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).