slaan

== Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === slaat (dialectal) === Etymology === From Dutch slaan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɑːn/ === Verb === slaan (present slaan, present participle slaande, past participle geslaan) hit, slap, beat, strike == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slaːn/ Hyphenation: slaan Rhymes: -aːn === Verb === slaan (transitive) to hit, to slap (transitive) to beat, overcome (transitive) to strike De klok slaat zeven. ― The clock strikes seven. (intransitive) to pulse, beat Zijn hart slaat. ― His heart is beating. (transitive) to surround with Een mantel om de schouders slaan. ― To put a cloak around the shoulders. (intransitive) to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn Op de vlucht slaan. ― To take flight. Ze sloegen vanaf het trottoir linksaf. ― They turned to the left from the pavement. (transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== slagen ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: slaan Jersey Dutch: slân Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen Skepi Creole Dutch: sla == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German slân, from Old Saxon slāhan. Cognate with Dutch slaan, English slay, German schlagen, Swedish slå. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɔːn/, /slɒːn/ === Verb === slaan (past singular sloog, past participle slaan or slagen, auxiliary verb hebben) to beat to hit to strike de Klock sleit halvig söss ― the clock strikes 5:30 to defeat ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ====