 | English | German  |  |
| – | |
 | to beat sb./sth. [also a drum etc.] | 3308 jdn./etw. schlagen [auch Trommel etc.] |  |
 | to hit sb./sth. [also with a racket] | 2002 jdn./etw. schlagen [einen Schlag versetzen] [auch mit Schläger] |  |
 | to batter sb. | 1571 jdn. schlagen [verprügeln] |  |
 | to bash sb./sth. | 1212 jdn./etw. schlagen [hauen, prügeln] |  |
 | to slap sb. | 765 jdn. schlagen [ins Gesicht] |  |
 | to slug sb. [coll.] | 655 jdn. schlagen |  |
 | to whack [coll.] | 645 schlagen |  |
 | to whip sb. | 506 jdn. schlagen [mit Peitsche etc.] |  |
 | to toll [the hour etc.] | 485 schlagen [Kirchturmuhr etc.] |  |
 | to clout sb. [coll.] | 446 jdn. schlagen [körperlich] |  |
 | to pummel sb. | 413 jdn. schlagen [oft, heftig] [auch besiegen] |  |
 | mus. to pluck sth. [a string instrument] | 398 etw.Akk. schlagen [veraltend] [zupfen] [z. B. die Laute] |  |
 | to punch sb. [hit] | 393 jdn. schlagen [mit der Faust] |  |
 | to whale sb. [hit, thrash] | 380 jdn. schlagen [hauen, prügeln] |  |
 | to blow sb./sth. [beat, strike] | 376 jdn./etw. schlagen [Schläge versetzen] |  |
 | games to capture sth. [chess etc.] | 362 etw.Akk. schlagen [Figur] |  |
 | games to take sth. [chess, etc.] | 330 etw.Akk. schlagen [Figur] |  |
 | to bang (sth.) | 258 (etw.Akk.) schlagen |  |
 | to smite sb./sth. [archaic] [or literary] | 250 jdn./etw. schlagen [körperlich] |  |
 | to throb [heart, pulse] | 227 schlagen [Herz, Puls] |  |
 | to best sb. [coll.] | 212 jdn. schlagen [besiegen] |  |
 | to buffet sb./sth. [strike] | 209 jdn./etw. schlagen |  |
 | to knock (sb./sth.) [hit, strike] | 187 (jdn./etw.) schlagen |  |
 | mil. sports to defeat sb./sth. | 163 jdn./etw. schlagen [besiegen] |  |
 | to strike sb. | 152 jdn. schlagen |  |
 | to flap [wings, doors, shutters] | 103 schlagen |  |
 | to thrash | 84 schlagen |  |
 | gastr. to whip sth. [eggs, cream etc.] | 81 etw. schlagen [z. B. Sahne] |  |
 | to sock sb. [coll.] | 81 jdn. schlagen [hauen] |  |
 | hydro. to pound [waves] | 81 schlagen [Wellen] |  |
 | to whop [Am.] [coll.] | 78 schlagen |  |
 | to chime | 58 schlagen [Glocke] |  |
 | to rap [to hit sharply and swiftly] | 57 schlagen [klopfen] |  |
 | to flog sb./sth. | 53 jdn./etw. schlagen [mit Stock, Peitsche etc.] |  |
 | to dash [knock] | 53 schlagen [körperlich] |  |
 | orn. to jug | 49 schlagen [Nachtigall etc.] |  |
 | to slat [strike, beat] | 48 schlagen |  |
 | to pommel sb./sth. [also pummel] [hit, defeat] | 43 jdn./etw. schlagen [prügeln, besiegen] |  |
 | to beat [heart] | 42 schlagen [Herz] |  |
 | to mint sth. [coins] | 38 etw.Akk. schlagen [Münzen] |  |
 | to pop sb. [coll.] [punch] | 21 jdn. schlagen |  |
 | for. to fell sth. | 20 etw.Akk. schlagen [fällen] |  |
 | to whap [coll.] [rare] [spv. of whop] | 17 schlagen |  |
 | to dispatch sb./sth. [to defeat in a game, competition] | 16 jdn./etw. schlagen [in einem Spiel, Wettbewerb] |  |
 | to drub sb. | 15 jdn. schlagen |  |
 | to boff sb. [Br.] [coll.] [to hit] | 14 jdn. schlagen |  |
 | to dolly [to beat with a hammer] | 12 schlagen [mit einem Hammer] |  |
 | mus. to play sth. [e.g. the drum] | 10 etw.Akk. schlagen [ein Schlaginstrument, z. B. die Trommel] |  |
 | textil. to scutch sth. | 9 etw. schlagen [Flachs] |  |
 | hunting to kill sth. | 8 etw.Akk. schlagen |  |