schlofe

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schlaaffe, schlooffe
• schlaafä, schloafe, schloafen, 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.

Verb

schlofe

1. (Badisch, Carcoforo) to sleep

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *slab-, *slap-, *(s)lÁb- (“to hang loose, be limp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɔːfə/

Verb

schlofe (third-person singular present schlöf or schläft, past tense schleef or schlief, past participle jeschlofe or geschlof)

1. (most dialects) to sleep

Usage notes

• The forms schlöf; schleef; jeschlofe are Ripuarian. The forms schläft; schleef, schlief; geschlof are Moselle Franconian. The past tense is uncommon in some dialects of Moselle Franconian.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃloːfə/

Verb

schlofe

1. to sleep

Conjugation

Regular

infinitive	schlofe
participle	geschlof
auxiliary	hon
	present indicative	imperative
ich	schlofe	—
du	schlofst	schlof
er/sie/es	schlofd	—
meer	schlofe	—
deer	schlofd	schlofd
sie	schlofe	—

The present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “schlofe”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep.

Verb

schlofe

1. to sleep