Schläfer

German

Etymology

schlafen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɛːfɐ/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃleːfɐ/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Schlä‧fer

Noun

Schläfer m (strong, genitive Schläfers, plural Schläfer, feminine Schläferin)

1. sleeper
2. dormouse

Declension

Declension of Schläfer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schläfer	die	Schläfer
genitive	eines	des	Schläfers	der	Schläfer
dative	einem	dem	Schläfer	den	Schläfern
accusative	einen	den	Schläfer	die	Schläfer

Further reading

• “Schläfer” in Duden online
• “Schläfer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)