From Middle High German sleifen, from Old High German sleifen, causative of slīfan (whence schläifen (“to whet, to sharpen”)). Cognate with German schleifen, Dutch slepen.
schleefen (third-person singular present schleeft, past participle geschleeft, auxiliary verb hunn)
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schleefen | |
| participle | geschleeft | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | schleefen | — |
| 2nd singular | schleefs | schleef |
| 3rd singular | schleeft | — |
| 1st plural | schleefen | — |
| 2nd plural | schleeft | schleeft |
| 3rd plural | schleefen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||