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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish slæbæ, sleffue, borrowed from Middle Low German slēpen, from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan, cognate with German schleifen (“to drag, slight”) (hence Danish sløjfe (“to demolish”)).
Pronunciation
Verb
slæbe (imperative slæb, infinitive at slæbe, present tense slæber, past tense slæbte, perfect tense har slæbt)
- to drag, lug
Conjugation