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 släpa (“to drag, slight”) (whence Danish sløjfe (“to demolish”)). The Low German verb is also the source of Norwegian slepe, Swedish släpa, German schleppen, and Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn), whence English schlep.
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)
- to drag, lug
Inflection
Inflection of slæbe
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | slæber | slæbte |
| perfect | har slæbt | havde slæbt |
| passive | slæbes | slæbtes |
| participle | slæbende | slæbt |
| imperative | slæb | — |
| infinitive | slæbe | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | slæben | — |