schlendern

German

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛndɐn/
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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to stroll
    Synonym: bummeln

Conjugation

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

Further reading
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