schlafen

See also: Schläfen

German

Etymology

From Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slab- (be weak, limp, languid), *slab-. Compare Low German slapen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃlaːfn̩], [ˈʃlaːfən], [ˈʃlaːfɱ̩]
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Verb

schlafen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present schläft, past tense schlief, past participle geschlafen, past subjunctive schliefe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to sleep
    Ich habe gestern Nacht gut geschlafen. - "I slept well last night."
    schlafen gehen - "to go to bed"
    sich schlafen legen - "to lie down to sleep" (literally, "to lay oneself down to sleep")
  2. to "sleep" on something, to wait and think before making a decision
    Ich werde eine Nacht darüber schlafen.
    I'll sleep on it.

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