schlappen

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

schlappen

  1. inflection of schlapp:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Verb[edit]

schlappen (weak, third-person singular present schlappt, past tense schlappte, past participle geschlappt, auxiliary sein or haben)

  1. to shuffle, to walk languidly [auxiliary sein]
    Near-synonyms: schlurfen, sich schleifen, sich schleppen
    • 2011, Silke Porath, Nicht ohne meinen Mops: Roman., Meßkirch: Gmeiner, →ISBN, page 114:
      Als ich in die Küche schlappe, dreht Chris gerade die Dusche ab.
      Just when I am walking into the kitchen listlessly, Chris turns the shower off.
  2. to lap, to lick off with moderate greediness [auxiliary haben]
  3. to hang down or off in particular due to acquired instability [auxiliary haben]

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • schlappen” in Duden online
  • schlappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache