schlofe
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
References edit
- 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 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)
- (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
- to sleep
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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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
- to sleep