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Alemannic German
Etymology
From schluenze (“to work untidily; to go carelessly”), which probably originally meant “to hang loosely, dangle”. Probably related to Low German slendern (“to glide”) (borrowed into German as schlendern (“to walk around aimlessly”)), German schlingen (“to gobble down without chewing”) (with a Central German -nd- → -ng- shift; from Middle High German slinden, from Old High German slintan, perhaps originally meaning “to let slide (down one's throat)”, of unclear origin (see also substantive form Schlund (“throat”))). Cognate with German Schlunze.
Noun
Schluenze f (Uri)
- An untidy woman.
- (derogatory, by extension) slut, whore
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