schlaaffe

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Pronunciation

Verb

schlaaffe (third-person singular simple present schlaafft, past participle gschlaaffe, past subjunctive schlieff, auxiliary haa)

  1. to sleep
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
      „Ächje, my gueti Bäsi Gryt,
      's Zähndweh und 's Heiweh schloffed nüd.“
      ‘Alas, my good aunt Peggy, toothache and homesickness do not sleep.’