schleefen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German sleifen, from Old High German sleifen, causative of slīfan (whence schläifen (“to whet, to sharpen”)). Cognate with German schleifen, Dutch slepen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃleːfən/
Verb
schleefen (third-person singular present schleeft, past participle geschleeft, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to drag, to pull
- (intransitive) to drag on, to last too long
- (transitive) to raze (a castle or fortress)
Conjugation
| infinitive | schleefen | |
|---|---|---|
| participle | geschleeft | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | schleefen | — |
| 2nd singular | schleefs | schleef |
| 3rd singular | schleeft | — |
| 1st plural | schleefen | — |
| 2nd plural | schleeft | schleeft |
| 3rd plural | schleefen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.