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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.
Verb
schlofe
- (Badisch, Carcoforo) to sleep
References
Central Franconian
Etymology
From Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *slab-, *slap-, *(s)lÁb- (“to hang loose, be limp”).
Pronunciation
Verb
schlofe (third-person singular present schlöf or schläft, past tense schleef or schlief, past participle jeschlofe or geschlof)
- (most dialects) to sleep
Usage notes
- The forms schlöf; schleef; jeschlofe are Ripuarian. The forms schläft; schleef, schlief; geschlof are Moselle Franconian. The past tense is uncommon in some dialects of Moselle Franconian.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Verb
schlofe
- to sleep
Conjugation
| Regular
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| infinitive
|
schlofe
|
| participle
|
geschlof
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| auxiliary
|
hon
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|
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present
indicative
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imperative
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| ich
|
schlofe
|
—
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| du
|
schlofst
|
schlof
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| er/sie/es
|
schlofd
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—
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| meer
|
schlofe
|
—
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| deer
|
schlofd
|
schlofd
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| sie
|
schlofe
|
—
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| The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.
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Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.
Verb
schlofe
- to sleep