slafen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠laːfən/

Verb

slāfen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present slāfet or slæfet, past tense slief, past participle geslāfen, auxiliary hān)

  1. to sleep

Conjugation

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

slafen

  1. definite singular of slaf