schlaaffe
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- schlaafe, schlafe
- schlooffe, schloofe
- schlofe (Badisch)
- schlooffä, schloofä, schlofä
- schloofa, schlofa
- schlaafä, schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu (Italian Walser)
Etymology
From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɑːfːə/
Verb
schlaaffe (third-person singular simple present schlaafft, past participle gschlaaffe, past subjunctive schlieff, auxiliary haa)
- to sleep
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:
- „Ächje, my gueti Bäsi Gryt,
- 's Zähndweh und 's Heiweh schloffed nüd.“
- ‘Alas, my good aunt Peggy, toothache and homesickness do not sleep.’
- 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili: