schlague
French, noun/ʃlaɡ/
schlague is a French feminine noun meaning “a type of corporal punishment formerly used in some German-speaking armies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Peine disciplinaire usitée autrefois dans les armées allemandes et autrichiennes et qui consistait en des…”.
What does schlague mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of corporal punishment formerly used in some German-speaking armies
- 2
femininepunishment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Peine disciplinaire usitée autrefois dans les armées allemandes et autrichiennes et qui consistait en des coups de baguette que l’on donnait à l’homme puni. 2. Baguette utilisée pour donner des coups dans les armées allemandes et autrichiennes. 3. Punition, correction physique.
noun: 1. Personne sale, vile, ou inadaptée à son époque.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schlague
- schlagues plural
- schlag
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlague?
- /ʃlaɡ/
- \ʃlaɡ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schlague in French?
schlague appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).