schleppen

See also: Schleppen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slēpen, related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.[1]

Compare native High German schleifen, Dutch slepen, Yiddish שלעפּן‎ (shlepn) and English schlep.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛpən/
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Verb

schleppen (weak, third-person singular present schleppt, past tense schleppte, past participle geschleppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to tow; to haul; to drag
  2. (transitive) to carry (something heavy); to hump

Conjugation

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Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “schlep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading
  • “schleppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schleppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schleppen” in Duden online
  • “schleppen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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