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slaan

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See also: slå an

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch slaan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑːn/
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Verb

slaan (present slaan, present participle slaande, past participle geslaan)

  1. hit, slap, beat, strike

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

slaan

  1. (transitive) to hit, to slap
  2. (transitive) to beat, overcome
  3. (transitive) to strike
    De klok slaat zeven.The clock strikes seven.
  4. (intransitive) to pulse, beat
    Zijn hart slaat.His heart is beating.
  5. (transitive) to surround with
    Een mantel om de schouders slaan.To put a cloak around the shoulders.
  6. (intransitive) to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn
    Op de vlucht slaan.To take flight.
    Ze sloegen vanaf het trottoir linksaf.They turned to the left from the pavement.
  7. (transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: slaan
  • Jersey Dutch: slân
  • Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: sla
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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German slân, from Old Saxon slāhan. Cognate with Dutch slaan, English slay, German schlagen, Swedish slå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɔːn/, /slɒːn/

Verb

slaan (past singular sloog, past participle slaan or slagen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to beat
  2. to hit
  3. to strike
    de Klock sleit halvig sössthe clock strikes 5:30
  4. to defeat

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present ...

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms

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