schleppen

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to tow; to haul; to drag
  2. (transitive, weak) to carry (something heavy); to hump

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

schleike

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

feerge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schlaiffe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schlaigge

Basel-Landschaft

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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