Schlaf
See also: schlaf
German
Etymology
From Middle High German slāf, from Old High German slāf, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp.
Cognate with Hunsrik Schlof, Luxembourgish Schlof, Low German Slap, Slaap, Dutch slaap, and English sleep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃlaːf/
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Noun
Schlaf m (strong, genitive Schlafes or Schlafs, plural Schläfe, diminutive Schläfchen n)
- sleep (condition of reduced consciousness)
- sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eyes)
- (obsolete) temple (anatomy)
- Synonym: Schläfe
- 1793, Johann Heinrich Voß, Ilias [Iliad], Insel Verlag, published 1990, →ISBN, lines 4:501-504:
- Ihm nun sandte die Lanz', um den Seinigen zürnend, Odysseus / Durch den Schlaf, und hindurch aus dem anderen Schlafe gestürmet / Kam die eherne Spitz'; und Nacht umhüllt' ihm die Augen; / Dumpf hinkracht' er im Fall, und es rasselten um ihn die Waffen.
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