schummeln
German, verb
schummeln is spelled S-C-H-U-M-M-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schummeln is a German verb meaning “to cheat (especially in games, but also in business, school, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schummeln is a different word: “gerund of schummeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Spiel (ein wenig, ohne schwerwiegende Konsequenzen) unehrlich sein beziehungsweise betrügen”.
What does schummeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto cheat (especially in games, but also in business, school, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schummeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Spiel (ein wenig, ohne schwerwiegende Konsequenzen) unehrlich sein beziehungsweise betrügen 2. bei einer Schularbeit oder einem Test mit unerlaubten Mitteln nachhelfen, um eine bessere Note zu erzielen (zum Beispiel mithilfe eines Schummelzettels)
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 schummeln
- schummelt present singular third-person
- schummelte past
- geschummelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schummelnd participle present
- schummle first-person indicative present
- schummele first-person indicative present
- schummel first-person indicative present
- schummelst indicative present second-person
- schummelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schummlest second-person singular subjunctive
- schummelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schummlet plural second-person subjunctive
- schummelten first-person indicative plural
- schummeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schummeltet indicative plural preterite
- schummle! imperative singular
- schummele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schummeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schummeln in German?
schummeln 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).