schlurfen
\ˈʃlʊʁ.fən\
The verdict
“schlurfen” 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) - Traîner les pieds.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schlurfen · schlurfen · French
schlurfen · 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 | schlurfen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃlʊʁ.fən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schlurfen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schlurfen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃlʊʁ.fən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for schlurfen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is schlurfen, spelled S-C-H-L-U-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Traîner les pieds.
- 2Variante de schlürfen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schlurfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie schlurfte zur Tür.
(...) und so sind Eduards Freunde mehr als überrascht, als dieser eines Tages unter einer kanariengelben Kapuzenjacke eine Hose aus mauvefarbenem, strukturiertem Samt zur Schau trägt und so dicht beschlagene Treter anhat, dass diese, wenn er mit den Absätzen auf dem Asphalt schlurft, Funken schlagen.
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.