sløjfe

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈslʌjfə]

Etymology 1

From German Schleife (“loop, tie”), older Schläufe, Schlaufe. The German word has also been borrowed to Norwegian sløyfe.

Noun

sløjfe c (singular definite sløjfen, plural indefinite sløjfer)

  1. bow (type of knot with two loops)
  2. loop
Declension
Declension of sløjfe
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sløjfe sløjfen sløjfer sløjferne
genitive sløjfes sløjfens sløjfers sløjfernes

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German slêpen (“to drag, slight”), from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan.

Verb

sløjfe (imperative sløjf, infinitive at sløjfe, present tense sløjfer, past tense sløjfede, perfect tense har sløjfet)

  1. to demolish
  2. to leave out, omit
  3. to discontinue, abolish
Conjugation
Conjugation of sløjfe
active passive
present sløjfer sløjfes
past sløjfede sløjfedes
infinitive sløjfe sløjfes
imperative sløjf —
participle
present sløjfende
past sløjfet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund sløjfen
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