schlappen

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

schlappen

  1. inflection of schlapp:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Verb

schlappen (weak, third-person singular present schlappt, past tense schlappte, past participle geschlappt, auxiliary sein or haben)

  1. to shuffle, to walk languidly
    Near-synonyms: schlurfen, sich schleifen, sich schleppen
    • 2011, Silke Porath, Nicht ohne meinen Mops: Roman., Meßkirch: Gmeiner, →ISBN, page 114:
      Als ich in die Küche schlappe, dreht Chris gerade die Dusche ab.
      Just when I am walking into the kitchen listlessly, Chris turns the shower off.
  2. to lap, to lick off with moderate greediness
  3. to hang down or off in particular due to acquired instability

Conjugation

Further reading

  • schlappen” in Duden online
  • schlappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache