Schlich

From Middle High German slich, from Old High German slich, from Proto-Germanic *slīką. Doublet of Schleich and Schlick.

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɪç/
• Hyphenation: Schlich

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Schlich m (strong, genitive Schliches or Schlichs, plural Schliche)

1. trick, artifice, dodge, ruse, wile
2. (dated) schlich (powdered ore)
3. (obsolete) slitch, mud

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• die Schliche kennen (“to know the ropes”)
• hinter jemandes Schliche kommen (“to get wise to somebody, to see through somebody's game”)
• jemandem auf die Schliche kommen (“to get wise to somebody, to see through somebody's game”)

• “Schlich” in Duden online
• “Schlich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.