Slang
German, noun/slɛŋ/
Slang is spelled S-L-A-N-G (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slang is a German masculine noun meaning “slang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “saloppe, zum Teil fehlerhafte und derbe Umgangssprache”.
What does Slang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterrareslang
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. saloppe, zum Teil fehlerhafte und derbe Umgangssprache 2. Ausdrucksweise einer bestimmten abgegrenzten Menschengruppe
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 Slang
- Slangs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Slang?
- /slɛŋ/
- [slɛŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Slang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Slang in German?
Slang 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).