schmelzen
German, verb
schmelzen is spelled S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmelzen is a German verb meaning “to melt; to liquefy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schmelzen is a different word: “melting”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “flüssig werden, vom festen in den flüssigen Aggregatzustand übergehen”.
What does schmelzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to melt; to liquefy
- 2
to dwindle; to melt away
- 3
to melt; to liquefy
verb
- 1
to melt; to liquefy
- 2
to smelt; to fuse
noun
- 1
neutermelting
noun
- 1
plural of Schmelze
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. flüssig werden, vom festen in den flüssigen Aggregatzustand übergehen 2. flüssig machen, vom festen in den flüssigen Aggregatzustand bringen 3. weiches Gefühl bekommen 4. sich verringern, zurückgehen
noun: 1. Vorgang, in dem ein Stoff vom festen in den flüssigen Zustand übergeht
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 schmelzen
- schmilzt present singular third-person
- schmolz past
- geschmolzen participle past
- schmölze past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schmelzend participle present
- schmelze first-person indicative present
- schmelzt indicative plural present
- schmelzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schmelzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schmolzen first-person indicative plural
- schmölzen first-person formal plural
- schmolzest indicative preterite second-person
- schmolzt indicative preterite second-person
- schmölzest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schmelzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schmelzen in German?
schmelzen appears 3.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).