schlingern
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German slingeren, iterative of slingen, which latter is cognate with German schlingen, English sling. The iterative also in Dutch slingeren.
Pronunciation
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Verb
editschlingern (weak, third-person singular present schlingert, past tense schlingerte, past participle geschlingert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to fishtail, to sway, to roll (to move in uncontrolled manner shaking from side to side) (of a ship, car or other vehicle) [auxiliary haben]
- to lurch, to move unsteadily (of a ship or drunk person) [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schlingern | ||||
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present participle | schlingernd | ||||
past participle | geschlingert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schlingre ich schlingere ich schlinger |
wir schlingern | i | ich schlingere ich schlingre |
wir schlingern |
du schlingerst | ihr schlingert | du schlingerest du schlingrest |
ihr schlingeret ihr schlingret | ||
er schlingert | sie schlingern | er schlingere er schlingre |
sie schlingern | ||
preterite | ich schlingerte | wir schlingerten | ii | ich schlingerte1 | wir schlingerten1 |
du schlingertest | ihr schlingertet | du schlingertest1 | ihr schlingertet1 | ||
er schlingerte | sie schlingerten | er schlingerte1 | sie schlingerten1 | ||
imperative | schlingre (du) schlinger (du) schlingere (du) |
schlingert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
edit- “schlingern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schlingern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon