Schlitten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slite, from Old High German slito, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Cognate with Luxembourgish Schlitt, Dutch slee, English sled and sleigh, Swedish släde, Icelandic sleði, Italian slitta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɪtən/

• Audio

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Noun

Schlitten m (strong, genitive Schlittens, plural Schlitten)

1. sled, sledge, sleigh (any vehicle moving over snow or ice on parallel skids)
2. (by extension) any construction that slides on skids or rails
3. (colloquial) a large, usually expensive car
4. (vulgar, slang) a person, usually female, seen as a sex object

Declension

Declension of Schlitten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlitten	die	Schlitten
genitive	eines	des	Schlittens	der	Schlitten
dative	einem	dem	Schlitten	den	Schlitten
accusative	einen	den	Schlitten	die	Schlitten

Derived terms

• mit jemandem Schlitten fahren
• schlitteln

 

Related terms

• schlittern, Schlittschuh
• Schlittenhund, Schlittenfahrt, Schlittenkufe
• Hundeschlitten, Pferdeschlitten, Rentierschlitten
• Angeberschlitten, Amischlitten
• Fickschlitten

Further reading

• “Schlitten” in Duden online
• “Schlitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache