schludern
German, verb/ˈʃluːdɐn/
schludern is a German verb meaning “to work sloppily, carelessly, without proper concentration or commitment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungenau oder unsauber arbeiten”.
What does schludern mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto work sloppily, carelessly, without proper concentration or commitment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ungenau oder unsauber arbeiten
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 schludern
- schludert present singular third-person
- schluderte past
- geschludert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schludernd participle present
- schludre first-person indicative present
- schludere first-person indicative present
- schluder first-person indicative present
- schluderst indicative present second-person
- schluderest second-person singular subjunctive
- schludrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schluderet plural second-person subjunctive
- schludret plural second-person subjunctive
- schluderten first-person indicative plural
- schludertest indicative preterite second-person
- schludertet indicative plural preterite
- schluder! imperative singular
- schludere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schludern?
- /ˈʃluːdɐn/
- [ˈʃluːdɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schludern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schludern in German?
schludern appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).