schlürfen
Meaning
to slurp; to sip loudly
Concepts
drink noisily
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
sörfle
Basel-Landschaft
lappe
Basel-Landschaft
läppere
Basel-Landschaft
siirpfe
Basel-Landschaft
siirpfle
Basel-Landschaft
suurpfle
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃlʏʁfn̩/
Etymology
In summary
An onomatopoeic formation, perhaps somehow related, or of similar formation logic, to Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip, suck in”). Cognate with Dutch slurpen (whence also English slurp).
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