schlofe

== Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === schlaaffe, schlooffe schlaafä, schloafe, schloafen, schlàfu (Italian Walser) === Etymology === From Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną. Cognate with German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep. === Verb === schlofe (Badisch, Carcoforo) to sleep === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Central Franconian == === Etymology === From Old High German slāfan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *slab-, *slap-, *(s)lÁb- (“to hang loose, be limp”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlɔːfə/ === Verb === schlofe (third-person singular present schlöf or schläft, past tense schleef or schlief, past participle jeschlofe or geschlof) (most dialects) to sleep ==== Usage notes ==== The forms schlöf; schleef; jeschlofe are Ripuarian. The forms schläft; schleef, schlief; geschlof are Moselle Franconian. The past tense is uncommon in some dialects of Moselle Franconian. == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃloːfə/ === Verb === schlofe to sleep ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “schlofe”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German schlafen, Dutch slapen, English sleep. === Verb === schlofe to sleep