schlämmen

See also: Schlämmen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slemmen. By surface analysis, Schlamm +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛmən/, [ˈʃlɛmən], [-mn̩] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlemən/, [ˈʃlemən], [-mɛn], [-mn̩] (regional)
  • Hyphenation: schläm‧men
  • Homophone: schlemmen (some regions)

Verb

schlämmen (weak, third-person singular present schlämmt, past tense schlämmte, past participle geschlämmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, geology, chemistry) to levigate, to elutriate
  2. (transitive, jargon) to clean a body of water from sludge, mud

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