sløjfe

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslʌjfə]

Etymology 1

From German Schleife (“loop, tie”), older Schläufe, Schlaufe. The German word has also been borrowed to Norwegian sløyfe.

Noun

sløjfe c (singular definite sløjfen, plural indefinite sløjfer)

1. bow (type of knot with two loops)
2. loop

Declension

Declension of sløjfe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sløjfe	sløjfen	sløjfer	sløjferne
genitive	sløjfes	sløjfens	sløjfers	sløjfernes

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German slêpen (“to drag, slight”), from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan.

Verb

sløjfe (imperative sløjf, infinitive at sløjfe, present tense sløjfer, past tense sløjfede, perfect tense har sløjfet)

1. to demolish
2. to leave out, omit
3. to discontinue, abolish

Conjugation

Inflection of sløjfe

	present	past
simple	sløjfer	sløjfede
perfect	har sløjfet	havde sløjfet
passive	sløjfes	sløjfedes
participle	sløjfende	sløjfet
imperative	sløjf	—
infinitive	sløjfe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	sløjfen	—