schleppen
See also: Schleppen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slēpen, related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.[1]
Compare native High German schleifen, Dutch slepen, Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn) and English schlep.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editschleppen (weak, third-person singular present schleppt, past tense schleppte, past participle geschleppt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to tow; to haul; to drag
- (transitive) to carry (something heavy); to hump
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schleppen | ||||
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present participle | schleppend | ||||
past participle | geschleppt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schleppe | wir schleppen | i | ich schleppe | wir schleppen |
du schleppst | ihr schleppt | du schleppest | ihr schleppet | ||
er schleppt | sie schleppen | er schleppe | sie schleppen | ||
preterite | ich schleppte | wir schleppten | ii | ich schleppte1 | wir schleppten1 |
du schlepptest | ihr schlepptet | du schlepptest1 | ihr schlepptet1 | ||
er schleppte | sie schleppten | er schleppte1 | sie schleppten1 | ||
imperative | schlepp (du) schleppe (du) |
schleppt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “schlep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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