schleichn

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Bavarian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old High German slīhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɑɛ̯çɴ̩/
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlæːçɴ̩/ (East Central, Vienna)
  • Hyphenation: schleichn

Verb[edit]

schleichn (past participle gschlichn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol)

  1. (intransitive) to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl, to sneak, to steal, to prowl, to creep, to slither (of a snake)
  2. (reflexive, with some adverbs of location) to go somewhere in the above manner
  3. (intransitive) to move slowly (especially in a car)
  4. (reflexive) to leave (sometimes meekly or sheepishly)
  5. (reflexive, dismissal) to piss off

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