schlaaffe

Alemannic German edit

Alternative forms edit

schlaafe, schlafe
schlooffe, schloofe
schlofe (Badisch)
schlooffä, schloofä, schlofä
schloofa, schlofa
schlaafä, schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu (Italian Walser)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɑːfːə/

Verb edit

schlaaffe (third-person singular simple present schlaafft, past participle gschlaaffe, past subjunctive schlieff, auxiliary haa)

to sleep
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
  „Ächje, my gueti Bäsi Gryt,
  's Zähndweh und 's Heiweh schloffed nüd.“
  ‘Alas, my good aunt Peggy, toothache and homesickness do not sleep.’