schleichen
German
Etymology
From Old High German slīhhan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną. Compare English slink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯çən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schlei‧chen
Verb
schleichen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schleicht, past tense schlich, past participle geschlichen, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl, to sneak, to steal, to prowl, to creep, to slither (of a snake)
- (reflexive, with some adverb of location) to go somewhere in the above manner
- (informal, intransitive) to move slowly (especially in a car)
- Was schleicht der da so? ― Why’s that guy driving so slowly?
- (informal, reflexive) to slink away; to leave meekly or sheepishly
- (Austria, Bavaria, Southern German, reflexive, colloquial or vulgar, dismissal) to piss off
- Schleich dich! ― Piss off!
Conjugation
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Hyponyms
- anschleichen
- ausschleichen
- davonschleichen
- durchschleifen
- einschleichen
- entlangschleichen
- fortschleichen
- heranschleichen
- herumschleichen
- hinaufschlaichen
- hinausschleichen
- hinschleichen
- hochschleichen
- nachschleichen
- ranschleichen
- raufschleichen
- rumschleichen
- runterschleichen
- umherschleichen
- umschleichen
- vorbeischleichen
- wegschleichen
- zurückschleichen
Derived terms
- Schleichen, Schleicher
- schleichend, geschlichen
- beschleichen, erschleichen
Related terms
- Schleichhandel
- Schleichweg
- Schleichwerbung
- Blindschleiche
Further reading
- “schleichen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schleichen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schleichen” in Duden online
- “schleichen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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