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gleiten

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German glīten, from Old High German glītan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleydʰ-. Compare Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, English glide.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪ̯tən/, [ˈɡlaɪ̯tn̩]
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Verb

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gleiten (class 1 strong, third-person singular present gleitet, past tense glitt, past participle geglitten, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to glide; to float; to move effortlessly
  2. (intransitive) to slide; to slip; to transition smoothly

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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