slæbe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish slæbæ, sleffue, borrowed from Middle Low German slēpen, from Old Saxon *slēpian, from Proto-West Germanic *slaipijan, cognate with German schleifen (“to drag, slight”) (hence Danish sløjfe (“to demolish”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈslɛːb̥ə], (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈslɛːʊ]

Verb

slæbe (imperative slæb, infinitive at slæbe, present tense slæber, past tense slæbte, perfect tense har slæbt)

  1. to drag, lug

Conjugation
Inflection of slæbe
present past
simple slæber slæbte
perfect har slæbt havde slæbt
passive slæbes slæbtes
participle slæbende slæbt
imperative slæb —
infinitive slæbe —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund slæben —
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