English Explanatory Dictionary

schlepp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of schlep.
noun
  1. Alternative form of schlep.

Pronunciation

/ʃlɛp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-schlepp.wav

Word forms

schlepp schlepps schlepping schlepped

Etymology

From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

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