schlottern
[ˈʃlɔtɐn]
The verdict
“schlottern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wegen Kälte, aus Angst oder wegen Aufregung zittern
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlottern · schlottern · German
schlottern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schlottern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃlɔtɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schlottern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schlottern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃlɔtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for schlottern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is schlottern, spelled S-C-H-L-O-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1wegen Kälte, aus Angst oder wegen Aufregung zittern
- 2wegen Lockerheit schlenkern, wackeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlottern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mir schlotterten die Beine vor lauter Kälte.
„Im Moment liege ich jedoch im Schlafsack und schlottere vor Kälte.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.