schlahn

German

Etymology

See schlagen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlaːn/

Verb

schlahn (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present schläht, past tense schlug, past participle geschlagen, past subjunctive schlüge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete, now dialectal or poetic) Alternative form of schlagen
    Käm alles Wetter gleich auf uns zu schlahn:
    wir sind gesinnt, beieinander zu stahn. — (Lines from the song “Ännchen von Tharau”)
    Even if all storms came to hit us:
    we are determined to stand together.
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