schlaff

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German slaf, from Old High German slaf, from Proto-Germanic *slap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (“to be weak, limp, languid”), see also Latin labō (“fluctuate, waver”). The same word of Low German origin is schlapp, a synonym in modern standard German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlaf/ === Adjective === schlaff (strong nominative masculine singular schlaffer, comparative schlaffer, superlative am schlaffsten) (of things) slack, limp (of people) weak, weary ==== Usage notes ==== Schlaff is the more common form referring to things; schlapp is the more common form referring to people. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schlaffheit ==== Related terms ==== schlapp === References === === Further reading === “schlaff”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schlaff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schlaff” in Duden online