Schläfe

== German == === Etymology === Originally the plural of Schlaf (“sleep”), so called because one lies on one’s temple when sleeping on one’s side. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛːfə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈʃleːfə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Schlä‧fe === Noun === Schläfe f (genitive Schläfe, plural Schläfen) (anatomy) temple (region of skull) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Vilamovian: śłöf === Further reading === “Schläfe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Schläfe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schläfe” in Duden online “Schläfe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Schläfe” in OpenThesaurus.de Schläfe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de