schlaaffe
Appearance
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]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.’
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- gsw:Sleep