שלעפּן

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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Via Middle High German slepen from Middle Low German slēpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (to drag) and slifan (to slip), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.[1] Compare German schleppen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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שלעפּן (shlepn) (past participle געשלעפּט (geshlept))

  1. to drag, schlep

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: schlep

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “schlep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.