schlummern
German
editEtymology
editAn originally Low and Central German word, from northern Middle High German slummen and Middle Low German slummeren, slommen, from Old High German *slūmēn, from Proto-Germanic *slūm-. Cognate with Dutch sluimeren, English slumber.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editschlummern (weak, third-person singular present schlummert, past tense schlummerte, past participle geschlummert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to sleep lightly or briefly; to doze; to slumber
Usage notes
edit- Schlummern typically refers to actual sleep, not just rest with one’s eyes closed. The synonym dösen has both of these meanings.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schlummern | ||||
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present participle | schlummernd | ||||
past participle | geschlummert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schlummre ich schlummere ich schlummer |
wir schlummern | i | ich schlummere ich schlummre |
wir schlummern |
du schlummerst | ihr schlummert | du schlummerest du schlummrest |
ihr schlummeret ihr schlummret | ||
er schlummert | sie schlummern | er schlummere er schlummre |
sie schlummern | ||
preterite | ich schlummerte | wir schlummerten | ii | ich schlummerte1 | wir schlummerten1 |
du schlummertest | ihr schlummertet | du schlummertest1 | ihr schlummertet1 | ||
er schlummerte | sie schlummerten | er schlummerte1 | sie schlummerten1 | ||
imperative | schlummre (du) schlummer (du) schlummere (du) |
schlummert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
edit- einschlummern
- Schlummerkissen n
- Schlummerlied n
- Schlummermutter f
- Schlummerrolle f
- Schlummerstündchen n, Schlummerstunde f
- Schlummertrunk m
Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “schlummern” in Duden online
- “schlummern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German intransitive verbs
- de:Sleep