Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• schlooffe

Verb

schlaaffe ‎(third-person singular simple present schlaafft, past participle gschlaaffe, past subjunctive schlieff, auxiliary haa)

1. to sleep
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:

     „Ächje, my gueti Bäsi Gryt,

     's Zähndweh und 's Heiweh schloffed nüd.“

     ‘Alas, my good aunt Peggy, toothache and homesickness do not sleep.’