schlaaffe

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schlaafe, schlafe
• schlooffe, schloofe
• schlofe (Badisch)
• schlooffä, schloofä, schlofä
• schloofa, schlofa
• schlaafä, schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɑːfːə/

Verb

schlaaffe (third-person singular simple present schlaafft, past participle gschlaaffe, past subjunctive schlieff, auxiliary haa)

1. to sleep
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:

     „Ächje, my gueti Bäsi Gryt,
     's Zähndweh und 's Heiweh schloffed nüd.“

     ‘Alas, my good aunt Peggy, toothache and homesickness do not sleep.’