schleifen
Meaning
- (class-1, strong) to whet, grind (smooth and/or sharpen a surface by abrasion)
- (class-1, figuratively, strong) to drill, train, especially in a vexatious manner
Concepts
Synonyms
scharf machen
abschrägen
fortreißen
lästig fallen
schmiergeln
abschmirgeln
Translations
afilar
aanzetten
affilare
bilemek
arrastar
traînerFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃlaɪ̯fɱ̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German slīfen (strong verb), from Old High German slīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan, from Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to slide, to whet”). The strong verb was restricted in Modern German to the sense “whet”, the sense “slide” was redistributed to the weak verb (etymology 2), although the split is not entirely clear-cut in practice (see usage notes below). This development was reinforced by the graphic (and later phonetic) merger, but is not conditional on it (cf. the same in Dutch slijpen and dialectal German verb pairs).
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