schleefen
Luxemburgeois
/ˈʃleːfən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to drag, to pull
- (intransitive) to drag on, to last too long
- (transitive) to raze a castle or fortress
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sleifen inherited from Old High German sleifen (drag).
Origin
Old High German
sleifen
Gloss
drag
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schleifmittel German
- Schleifpapier German
- Schleifring German
- Schleifstein German
- schleifen German
- aanslepen Dutch, Flemish
- sleepboot Dutch, Flemish
- sleepkabel Dutch, Flemish
- sleepnet Dutch, Flemish
- sleeptoon Dutch, Flemish
- sleeptouw Dutch, Flemish
- sleepwagen Dutch, Flemish
- slepen Dutch, Flemish
- voortslepen Dutch, Flemish
- wegslepen Dutch, Flemish
- slêpen Middle Dutch
- *sleifen Old High German
- sleifen Old High German
- slīfan Old High German
- sleifen Middle High German
- *sleupan gmw-pro
- slêpen Middle Low German
- slēpen Middle Low German
- schleipfe Alemannic German
- srepi Sranan Tongo