slaan

• slaat (dialectal)

From Dutch slaan.

• IPA^(key): /slɑːn/

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slaan (present slaan, present participle slaande, past participle geslaan)

1. hit, slap, beat, strike

From Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną.

• IPA^(key): /slaːn/

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• Hyphenation: slaan
• Rhymes: -aːn

slaan

1. (transitive) to hit, to slap
2. (transitive) to beat, overcome
3. (transitive) to strike

   De klok slaat zeven. ― The clock strikes seven.

4. (intransitive) to pulse, beat

   Zijn hart slaat. ― His heart is beating.

5. (transitive) to surround with

   Een mantel om de schouders slaan.

   To put a cloak around the shoulders.

6. (intransitive) to suddenly start along (of movement), to turn

   Op de vlucht slaan. ― To take flight.

   Ze sloegen vanaf de trottoir linksaf.

   They turned to the left from the pavement.

7. (transitive, chess) to take one of your opponent's pieces

• slagen

• Afrikaans: slaan
• Jersey Dutch: slân
• Negerhollands: slaa, sla, slae, slaeg, slagen
• Skepi Creole Dutch: sla

From Middle Low German slân, from Old Saxon slāhan. Cognate with Dutch slaan, English slay, German schlagen, Swedish slå.

• IPA^(key): /slɔːn/, /slɒːn/

slaan (past singular sloog, past participle slaan or slagen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to beat
2. to hit
3. to strike

   de Klock sleit halvig söss ― the clock strikes 5:30

4. to defeat