schlummern

== German == === Etymology === An originally Low and Central German word, from northern Middle High German slummen and Middle Low German slummeren, slommen, from Old High German *slūmēn, from Proto-Germanic *slūm-. Cognate with Dutch sluimeren, English slumber. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlʊmɐn/ === Verb === schlummern (weak, third-person singular present schlummert, past tense schlummerte, past participle geschlummert, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to sleep lightly or briefly; to doze; to slumber Synonyms: dämmern, dösen, duseln, nicken, schlafen ==== Usage notes ==== Schlummern typically refers to actual sleep, not just rest with one’s eyes closed. The synonym dösen has both of these meanings. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schlummer m === See also === schlafen === Further reading === “schlummern” in Duden online “schlummern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)