schlüpfrig
German, adjective/ˈʃlʏpf.ʁɪç/
schlüpfrig is spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-P-F-R-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlüpfrig is a German adjective meaning “slippery, slick, greasy, slimy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer die Reibung mindernden Substanz überzogen”.
What does schlüpfrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slippery, slick, greasy, slimy
schlüpfriger Belag
- 2
slippery, tricky, unstable, changeable
schlüpfriges Pflaster
- 3
risqué, salacious, scabrous
schlüpfrige Unterhaltung
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit einer die Reibung mindernden Substanz überzogen 2. zweideutig, meist auf die Sexualität anspielend
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 schlüpfrig
- schlüpfriger masculine nominative singular
- am schlüpfrigsten superlative
- schlüpfrige feminine nominative singular
- schlüpfriges neuter nominative singular
- schlüpfrigen genitive masculine singular
- schlüpfrigem dative masculine singular
- der schlüpfrige definite includes-article masculine
- die schlüpfrige definite feminine includes-article
- das schlüpfrige definite includes-article neuter
- die schlüpfrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlüpfrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlüpfrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlüpfrigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlüpfrig?
- Germany /ˈʃlʏpf.ʁɪç/
- Austria /ˈʃlʏpf.ʁɪk/
- [ˈʃlʏp͡fʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlüpfrig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlüpfrig in German?
schlüpfrig appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).