schlofe
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.
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔːfə/
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
- IPA(key): /ˈʃloːfə/
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schlofe | |
| participle | geschlof | |
| auxiliary | hon | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| ich | schlofe | — |
| du | schlofst | schlof |
| er/sie/es | schlofd | — |
| meer | schlofe | — |
| deer | schlofd | schlofd |
| sie | schlofe | — |
| The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. | ||
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
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