Schluffen
German, noun
Schluffen is spelled S-C-H-L-U-F-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schluffen is a German masculine noun meaning “house or bedroom slipper (shoe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a dative plural of Schluff. With an umlaut, Schlüffen is a different word: “dative plural of Schluff”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fußbekleidung aus Sohle und Vorderkappe, jedoch – im Gegensatz zum Halbschuh oder Stiefel – ohne Fersenteil”.
What does Schluffen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehouse or bedroom slipper (shoe)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schluff
noun
- 1
dative plural of Schluff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fußbekleidung aus Sohle und Vorderkappe, jedoch – im Gegensatz zum Halbschuh oder Stiefel – ohne Fersenteil
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 Schluffen
- Schluffens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Schluffen in German?
Schluffen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).