verb
to sleep
A1
Means 'to sleep'. Strong (irregular) verb: Präteritum schlief, past participle geschlafen. Auxiliary: haben. Present stem change: du/er/sie/es schläfst/schläft (a→ä). Not reflexive. Imperative forms: schlaf (du), schlafen (Sie). No special preposition. Present participle schlafend. Stem in Präteritum: schlief-.
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Ich habe gut geschlafen.
I slept well.
Die Kinder schliefen, nachdem das Abendessen beendet worden war, obwohl draußen noch Lärm zu hören gewesen war.
The children slept after dinner had been finished, although there had still been noise outside.
Ich habe nur drei Stunden geschlafen.
I only slept for three hours.
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VOCABULARY.DETAILS.MNEMONICS
Picture someone in bed with 'Zzz' and the label 'schlafen'.
Sounds a bit like 'snooze' — schlafen = to sleep.
VOCABULARY.DETAILS.NOTES
Strong verb with vowel change in the past and present (du schläfst). Past participle 'geschlafen'. | Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable.