Schlittschuh
German, noun/ˈʃlɪtˌʃuː/
Schlittschuh is spelled S-C-H-L-I-T-T-S-C-H-U-H (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlittschuh is a German masculine noun meaning “ice skate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schuh, an dem eine Kufe aus Stahl befestigt ist und mit dem man über Eis gleiten kann”.
What does Schlittschuh mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineice skate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schuh, an dem eine Kufe aus Stahl befestigt ist und mit dem man über Eis gleiten kann
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 Schlittschuh
- Schlittschuhs genitive
- Schlittschuhes genitive
- Schlittschuhe plural
- Schlittschuhen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schlittschuh?
- /ˈʃlɪtˌʃuː/
- [ˈʃlɪtˌʃuː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schlittschuh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schlittschuh in German?
Schlittschuh 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).