schleichen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German slīchen, from Old High German slīhhan. Compare also English slink, though formally unrelated. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯çən/ Hyphenation: schlei‧chen === Verb === schleichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schleicht, past tense schlich, past participle geschlichen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl, to sneak, to steal, to prowl, to creep, to slither (of a snake) (reflexive, with some adverb of location) to go somewhere in the above manner (informal, intransitive) to move slowly (especially in a car) Was schleicht der da so? ― Why’s that guy driving so slowly? (informal, reflexive) to slink away; to leave meekly or sheepishly (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, reflexive, colloquial or vulgar, dismissal) to piss off Schleich dich! ― Piss off! ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schleichen, Schleicher schleichend, geschlichen beschleichen, erschleichen ==== Related terms ==== Schleichhandel Schleichweg Schleichwerbung Blindschleiche === Further reading === “schleichen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schleichen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schleichen” in Duden online “schleichen” in OpenThesaurus.de