German

edit

Etymology

edit

From er- +‎ schleichen.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧schlei‧chen

Verb

edit

erschleichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present erschleicht, past tense erschlich, past participle erschlichen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to obtain by fraud, to gain by trickery

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit