schleefen

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German sleifen, from Old High German sleifen, causative of slīfan (whence schläifen (to whet, to sharpen)). Cognate with German schleifen, Dutch slepen.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

schleefen (third-person singular present schleeft, past participle geschleeft, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to drag, to pull
  2. (intransitive) to drag on, to last too long
  3. (transitive) to raze (a castle or fortress)

Conjugation[edit]

Regular
infinitive schleefen
participle geschleeft
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schleefen
2nd singular schleefs schleef
3rd singular schleeft
1st plural schleefen
2nd plural schleeft schleeft
3rd plural schleefen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.