slaan

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to hit, to slap
  2. (transitive) to beat, overcome
  3. (transitive) to strike
  4. (intransitive) to pulse, beat
  5. (transitive) to surround with
  6. (intransitive) to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn
  7. (transitive) to take one of your opponent's pieces

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/slaːn/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

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