Schleife

See also: schleife

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯fə/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German slöufe, from Old High German sloufa, from Proto-West Germanic *slaupijā. Cognate with Dutch sloop (“pillowcase”). Doublet of Schlaufe (“strap, noose”). Schleife exhibits unrounding, while Schlaufe exhibits Upper German lack of umlaut before a labial. The West Germanic noun is denominal to the verb at hand in Old High German sloufen, causative of sliofan (whence archaic modern schliefen). Related with schlüpfen (“to slip”) and English sleave.

Noun

Schleife f (genitive Schleife, plural Schleifen, diminutive Schleifchen n)

1. bow, tie (way of fastening laces etc.)
2. bow, ribbon (ornament of such form)
3. anything loop- or eight-shaped
4. (figurative) loop (something recurring or repetitive)

Declension

Declension of Schleife [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schleife	die	Schleifen
genitive	einer	der	Schleife	der	Schleifen
dative	einer	der	Schleife	den	Schleifen
accusative	eine	die	Schleife	die	Schleifen

Alternative forms

• (obsolete in this sense) Schlaufe, (obsolete) Schläufe, Schleufe

Hyponyms

• Doppelschleife
• Endlosschleife
• Flussschleife
• Haarschleife
• Induktionsschleife
• Kapitänsschleife
• Moselschleife
• Warteschleife
• Wendeschleife
• Zeitschleife

 

Related terms

• Schleifenbedingung
• Schleifenblume
• Schleifendynamik
• Schleifenimpedanz
• Schleifeninvariante
• Schleifenquadrat
• Schleifenwiderstand

 

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sleife, from Old High German sleifa, from sleifen, whence modern schleifen (“to drag”).

Noun

Schleife f (genitive Schleife, plural Schleifen)

1. (obsolete) a simple sled used in agriculture to pull something forward, drag

Declension

Declension of Schleife [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schleife	die	Schleifen
genitive	einer	der	Schleife	der	Schleifen
dative	einer	der	Schleife	den	Schleifen
accusative	eine	die	Schleife	die	Schleifen

Further reading

• “Schleife” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schleife” in Duden online
• “Schleife” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.