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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From German Schleife (“loop, tie”), older Schläufe, Schlaufe. The German word has also been borrowed to Norwegian sløyfe.
Noun
sløjfe c (singular definite sløjfen, plural indefinite sløjfer)
- bow (type of knot with two loops)
- loop
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German slêpen (“to drag, slight”), from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan.
Verb
sløjfe (imperative sløjf, infinitive at sløjfe, present tense sløjfer, past tense sløjfede, perfect tense har sløjfet)
- to demolish
- to leave out, omit
- to discontinue, abolish
Conjugation