schlepp
/ʃlɛp/verb, noun
schlepp is spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, schlepp means “Alternative form of schlep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in schlepp?
| Letters | 7: S-C-H-L-E-P-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is schlepp?
Schlepp appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce schlepp?
- /ʃlɛp/
Schlepp has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-schlepp.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of schlepp
- schlepps present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- schlepping participle, present
- schlepped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schlepp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Alternative form of schlep.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of schlep.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does schlepp come from?
From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).