schleppen
Meaning
- (transitive, weak) to tow; to haul; to drag
- (transitive, weak) to carry (something heavy); to hump
Concepts
Synonyms
nachschleppen
Luftwiderstand
etwas aufladen
schlurfend gehen
fortreißen
trecken
schlören
an der Hand führen
schleppend gehen
dahinschleppen
zockeln
mit schleppendem Gang fortbewegen
hinter sich her schleifen
nachziehen
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
schleike
Basel-Landschaft
feerge
Basel-Landschaft
schlaiffe
Basel-Landschaft
schlaigge
Basel-Landschaft
schlaipfe
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃlɛpən/
Etymology
In summary
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. Compare native High German schleifen, Dutch slepen, Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn) and English schlep.
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