Schlapfen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested from dialects as a footwear since the 17th century, developing Middle High German slappe, slape (“the part of a head-covering hanging down like a pouch; klappen- oder beutelförmig herunterhängender Teil der Kopfbedeckung; Kopfbedeckung; Art Kappe”), hence in dialects a “loose shoe made by separating the front part of a shoe (der durch Abschneiden der Kappe zum Pantoffel gemachte Schuh; Pantoffel)”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃlapfn̩]
  • Hyphenation: Schlap‧fen

Noun

Schlapfen m (strong, genitive Schlapfens, plural Schlapfen)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria) A slipper
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Hausschuh
  2. (Austria, colloquial, mildly vulgar) mouth, gob
    Halt den Schlapfen! ― Shut your gob!

Declension

Declension of Schlapfen [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schlapfen die Schlapfen
genitive eines des Schlapfens der Schlapfen
dative einem dem Schlapfen den Schlapfen
accusative einen den Schlapfen die Schlapfen

Hyponyms

  • Badeschlapfen
  • Hausschlapfen
  • Lederschlapfen

Further reading

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