schlüsseln
German, verb
schlüsseln is spelled S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlüsseln is a German verb meaning “to calculate according to given data” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schlüsseln is a different word: “dative plural of Schlüssel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach einem bestimmten Verfahren und Proporz (einem Schlüssel) verteilen”.
What does schlüsseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to calculate according to given data
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schlüssel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach einem bestimmten Verfahren und Proporz (einem Schlüssel) verteilen 2. in einen festhaltenden Griff nehmen
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 schlüsseln
- schlüsselt present singular third-person
- schlüsselte past
- geschlüsselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlüsselnd participle present
- schlüssle first-person indicative present
- schlüssele first-person indicative present
- schlüssel first-person indicative present
- schlüsselst indicative present second-person
- schlüsselest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlüsslest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlüsselet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlüsslet plural second-person subjunctive
- schlüsselten first-person indicative plural
- schlüsseltest indicative preterite second-person
- schlüsseltet indicative plural preterite
- schlüssel! imperative singular
- schlüssele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schlüsseln in German?
schlüsseln 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).