schleppen
\ˈʃlɛpn̩\
The verdict
“schleppen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter quelque chose de lourd, avec difficulté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schleppen · schleppen · French
schleppen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schleppen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃlɛpn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schleppen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schleppen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃlɛpn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schleppen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is schleppen, spelled S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1Porter quelque chose de lourd, avec difficulté.
- 2Remorquer.
- 3Traîner.
- 4Trainer, prendre du temps, s’éterniser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schleppen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...) so wie (...) damals, als (Xi Jinping) während der Kulturrevolution 1969 als Sohn eines hochrangigen Beamten aufs Land verbannt wurde. Dort habe er in einer Höhle gelebt und musste jeden Tag hundert Kilo Weizen auf seinen Schultern über einen Bergpfad schleppen. So erzählt es zumindest die Staatspropaganda.
In den Achtzigern herrschte in der Trainingslehre der Bundesliga das Mittelalter. Manche Altmeister ließen ihre Spieler damals noch Bleiwesten tragen, Medizinbälle schleppen und Runden laufen, bis sie sich übergaben.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.