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schleudern

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German slūdern, perhaps ultimately from a group of words derived from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“loose, slack, flabby”), such as English slumber. Related to schludern and schlottern.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔɪ̯dɐn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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schleudern (weak, third-person singular present schleudert, past tense schleuderte, past participle geschleudert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to hurl; to fling; to sling [auxiliary haben]
  2. (transitive) to centrifuge; to spin [auxiliary haben]
  3. (intransitive, of a car) to skid [auxiliary sein]

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