slæbe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish slæbæ, sleffue, borrowed from Middle Low German slēpen, from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan, cognate with German schleifen (“to drag, slight”) (hence Danish sløjfe (“to demolish”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛːb̥ə], (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈslɛːʊ]

Verb

slæbe (imperative slæb, infinitive at slæbe, present tense slæber, past tense slæbte, perfect tense har slæbt)

  1. to drag, lug

Conjugation

Conjugation of slæbe
active passive
present slæber slæbes
past slæbte slæbtes
infinitive slæbe slæbes
imperative slæb —
participle
present slæbende
past slæbt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund slæben
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