See also: Schleppen

German

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Etymology

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From 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛpən/
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Verb

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schleppen (weak, third-person singular present schleppt, past tense schleppte, past participle geschleppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to tow; to haul; to drag
  2. (transitive) to carry (something heavy); to hump

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “schlep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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  • schleppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schleppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schleppen” in Duden online
  • schleppen” in OpenThesaurus.de