slapan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.

Verb

slāpan

1. to sleep

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: slâpen
  • Dutch: slapen
    • Afrikaans: slaap
    • Negerhollands: slaap, slap, slaep
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: slapi, slappe
  • Limburgish: slaope
  • Zealandic: slaepe

Further reading

• “slāpan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑː.pɑn/

Verb

slāpan

1. Alternative form of slǣpan

Conjugation

Conjugation of slāpan (strong class 7)

infinitive	slāpan	slāpenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	slāpe	slēop
second person singular	slǣpst	slēope
third person singular	slǣpþ	slēop
plural	slāpaþ	slēopon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	slāpe	slēope
plural	slāpen	slēopen
imperative
singular	slāp
plural	slāpaþ
participle	present	past
	slāpende	(ġe)slāpen

Descendants

• Middle English: slapen, slopen

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaną.

Verb

slāpan

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of slāpan (strong class 7)

infinitive	slāpan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	slāpu	slēp
2nd person singular	slāpis	slēpi
3rd person singular	slāpid	slēp
plural	slāpad	slēpun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	slāpe	slēpi
2nd person singular	slāpes	slēpis
3rd person singular	slāpe	slēpi
plural	slāpen	slēpin
imperative	present
singular	slāp
plural	slāpad
participle	present	past
	slāpandi	gislāpan, slāpan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: slâpen
  • German Low German: slapen
  • Low German: slapen