See also: slå an

Afrikaans edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch slaan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /slɑːn/
  • (file)

Verb edit

slaan (present slaan, present participle slaande, past participle geslaan)

  1. hit, slap, beat, strike

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

slaan

  1. (transitive) to hit, to slap
  2. (transitive) to beat, overcome
  3. (transitive) to strike
    De klok slaat zeven.The clock strikes seven.
  4. (intransitive) to pulse, beat
    Zijn hart slaat.His heart is beating.
  5. (transitive) to surround with
    Een mantel om de schouders slaan.
    To put a cloak around the shoulders.
  6. (intransitive) to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn
    Op de vlucht slaan.To take flight.
    Ze sloegen vanaf de trottoir linksaf.
    They turned to the left from the pavement.
  7. (transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces

Inflection edit

Inflection of slaan (strong class 6, irregular)
infinitive slaan
past singular sloeg
past participle geslagen
infinitive slaan
gerund slaan n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sla sloeg
2nd person sing. (jij) slaat sloeg
2nd person sing. (u) slaat sloeg
2nd person sing. (gij) slaat sloegt
3rd person singular slaat sloeg
plural slaan sloegen
subjunctive sing.1 sla sloege
subjunctive plur.1 slaan sloegen
imperative sing. sla
imperative plur.1 slaat
participles slaand geslagen
1) Archaic.

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: slaan
  • Jersey Dutch: slân
  • Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: sla

Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German slân, from Old Saxon slāhan. Cognate with Dutch slaan, English slay, German schlagen, Swedish slå.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /slɔːn/, /slɒːn/

Verb edit

slaan (past singular sloog, past participle slaan or slagen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to beat
  2. to hit
  3. to strike
    de Klock sleit halvig sössthe clock strikes 5:30
  4. to defeat

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