German

Verb

schlafen ‎(class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present schläft, past tense schlief, past participle geschlafen, past subjunctive schliefe, auxiliary haben)

1. to sleep

   Ich habe gestern Nacht gut geschlafen. - "I slept well last night."

   schlafen gehen - "to go to bed"

   sich schlafen legen - "to lie down to sleep" (literally, "to lay oneself down to sleep")

2. to "sleep" on something, to wait and think before making a decision

   Ich werde eine Nacht darüber schlafen.‎

   I'll sleep on it.

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See also

• schlummern