schleifen
/ˈʃlaɪ̯fən/ verb C2- to drag, to move across a surface, to slide heavily · Die Schleppe ihres Brautkleids schleifte über den Boden. The train of her wedding dress dragged across the ground.
- to drag, pull (something) across a surface without lifting it (or lifting it for brief moments only) · Sie schleiften die Truhe in die Zimmerecke. They dragged the chest to the corner of the room.
- to drag (take someone to a place by force or persuasion)
- to raze, to tear down (e.g., a building, a wall, etc.) · Gemäß dem Versailler Vertrag musste der Kölner Festungsring geschleift werden. In accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, the ring of fortifications around Cologne had to be razed.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- schleifen
- Present (er)
- schleift
- Präteritum (er)
- schleifte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat geschleift
- Infinitive with zu
- zu schleifen
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