schwelgen
German, verb
schwelgen is spelled S-C-H-W-E-L-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwelgen is a German verb meaning “to eat or drink greedily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schwelgen is a different word: “gerund of schwelgen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “genießerisch, üppig speisen, trinken; luxuriös leben”.
What does schwelgen mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto eat or drink greedily
- 2
to revel [with in ‘in something’], indulge in
in Erinnerungen schwelgen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schwelgen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. genießerisch, üppig speisen, trinken; luxuriös leben 2. sich genüsslich in etwas versenken, sich an etwas berauschen, einem Genuss hingeben
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 schwelgen
- schwelgt present singular third-person
- schwelgte past
- geschwelgt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schwelgend participle present
- schwelge first-person indicative present
- schwelgst indicative present second-person
- schwelgest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwelget plural second-person subjunctive
- schwelgten first-person indicative plural
- schwelgtest indicative preterite second-person
- schwelgtet indicative plural preterite
- schwelg imperative second-person singular
- habe geschwelgt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschwelgt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schwelg! imperative singular
- schwelge! imperative singular
- schwelgt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schwelgen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwelgen in German?
schwelgen appears 1.2 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).