schlendern

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German lenderen, from Old High German landteri, from Proto-Germanic *land-, ultimately from the root of schlingen (to wind, twist, coil).[1] Cognate with Dutch slenteren (to loiter).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛndɐn/
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Verb[edit]

schlendern (weak, third-person singular present schlendert, past tense schlenderte, past participle geschlendert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to stroll
    Synonym: bummeln

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “malandrino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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