schlummern
German, verb/ˈʃlʊmɐn/
schlummern is spelled S-C-H-L-U-M-M-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlummern is a German verb meaning “to sleep lightly or briefly; to doze; to slumber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ruhig, seicht schlafen”.
What does schlummern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sleep lightly or briefly; to doze; to slumber
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ruhig, seicht schlafen 2. noch im Verborgenen sein
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 schlummern
- schlummert present singular third-person
- schlummerte past
- geschlummert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlummernd participle present
- schlummre first-person indicative present
- schlummere first-person indicative present
- schlummer first-person indicative present
- schlummerst indicative present second-person
- schlummerest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlummrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlummeret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlummret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlummerten first-person indicative plural
- schlummertest indicative preterite second-person
- schlummertet indicative plural preterite
- schlummere! imperative singular
- schlummert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlummern?
- /ˈʃlʊmɐn/
- [ˈʃlʊmɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlummern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlummern in German?
schlummern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).