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German
Etymology
schleichen + Weg
Pronunciation
Noun
Schleichweg m (strong, genitive Schleichweges or Schleichwegs, plural Schleichwege)
- side road, rat run; secret path
1911, Lily Braun, chapter 9, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Woman Socialist], Kampfjahre, München: Albert Langen:» […] Ist es sittlich, junge, lebensvolle Mädchen, die auf Freude dasselbe Recht haben wie die höheren Töchter, denen die Natur dasselbe Verlangen nach der Erfüllung ihrer Geschlechtsbestimmung verlieh wie diesen, auf Hintertreppen, auf Schleichwege und zweifelhafte Balllokale anzuweisen, statt ihnen den Schutz des Hauses zu verleihen ..?«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Schleichweg
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