schlendern
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editschlendern (weak, third-person singular present schlendert, past tense schlenderte, past participle geschlendert, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to stroll
- Synonym: bummeln
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schlendern | ||||
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present participle | schlendernd | ||||
past participle | geschlendert | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schlendre ich schlendere ich schlender |
wir schlendern | i | ich schlendere ich schlendre |
wir schlendern |
du schlenderst | ihr schlendert | du schlenderest du schlendrest |
ihr schlenderet ihr schlendret | ||
er schlendert | sie schlendern | er schlendere er schlendre |
sie schlendern | ||
preterite | ich schlenderte | wir schlenderten | ii | ich schlenderte1 | wir schlenderten1 |
du schlendertest | ihr schlendertet | du schlendertest1 | ihr schlendertet1 | ||
er schlenderte | sie schlenderten | er schlenderte1 | sie schlenderten1 | ||
imperative | schlendre (du) schlender (du) schlendere (du) |
schlendert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
edit- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “malandrino”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Further reading
edit- “schlendern” in Duden online
- “schlendern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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