schlafen

/ˈʃlaːfn̩/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

du
schläfst
er/sie/es
schläft
past
schlief
perfect
hat geschlafen

Meaning

  1. to sleep

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: intransitive.

Similar words

einschläfern

schlafen means "to sleep"; einschläfern means "to put to sleep," and can also mean to euthanize an animal — a stronger, causative sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

dormir

dormir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to sleep."

Practice

1 What does schlafen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hast du gut ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches schlafen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabulary

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