German

Noun

Schleifen f

1. plural of Schleife

German

Verb

schleifen ‎(class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present schleift, past tense schliff, past participle geschliffen, past subjunctive schliffe, auxiliary haben)

1. to whet, to move across a surface abrasively

Conjugation

Derived terms

• durchschleifen
• abschleifen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sleifen, sleipfen, causative of slīfen (modern schleifen ‎(“to whet”), above).

Verb

schleifen ‎(third-person singular simple present schleift, past tense schleifte, past participle geschleift, auxiliary haben)

1. to drag, to pull along the ground
2. (figuratively) to drag, to make people accompany oneself to a place they don't want to be
3. to raze a castle, to bring down its walls to the ground