schlottern

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German

Etymology

Middle High German slotern

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔtɐn/
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Verb

schlottern (weak, third-person singular present schlottert, past tense schlotterte, past participle geschlottert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to shiver, to shudder
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Der König stieren Blicks da saß, / Mit schlotternden Knien und totenblaß.
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