Feminine
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Schlange

  1. (feminine) snake
  2. (feminine) line (of people waiting), queue
  3. (feminine, slang) penis
  4. (derogatory, feminine) a treacherous woman

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schlang

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃlaŋə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German slange, from Old High German slango, from Proto-Germanic *slangô. Cognate with German Low German Slang (“snake”), Dutch slang (“snake”), West Frisian slang (“snake”). Compare also Albanian shlligë (“adder”).

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