See also: Schlingen

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɪŋən/, [ˈʃlɪŋən], [ˈʃlɪŋŋ̩]
  • Hyphenation: schlin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən, -ɪŋn̩

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German slingen, from Old High German slingan, from Proto-West Germanic *slingwan, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (to twist). Compare English sling.

Verb

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schlingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schlingt, past tense schlang, past participle geschlungen, past subjunctive schlänge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to wind
  2. (transitive) to loop, tie, knot
  3. (reflexive) to wind, coil
  4. (reflexive, botany) to creep, twine
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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German slinden, verslinden, from Old High German slintan, farslintan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fraslindan (to devour).

Several dialects of Central German exhibit a regular development -nd--ng-, whereby the verb was merged with schlingen (etymology 1). This dialectal form asserted itself in modern standard German, the original consonantism being preserved in the noun Schlund. Cognate with Dutch slinden.

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schlingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schlingt, past tense schlang, past participle geschlungen, past subjunctive schlänge, auxiliary haben)

  1. to gobble, to wolf down, to bolt (to eat quickly, often without chewing)
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Further reading

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  • schlingen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schlingen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schlingen” in Duden online
  • schlingen” in OpenThesaurus.de