Alemannic German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Verb edit

schlofe

  1. (Badisch, Carcoforo) to sleep

References edit

Central Franconian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb edit

schlofe (third-person singular present schlöf or schläft, past tense schleef or schlief, past participle jeschlofe or geschlof)

  1. (most dialects) to sleep

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

schlofe

  1. to sleep

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Verb edit

schlofe

  1. to sleep