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schlafen: to sleep — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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schlafen

to sleep

IPA/ˈʃlaːfn̩/

Primary stress is on schla.

schlafen: to sleep

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to sleep

Das Baby schläft schon.

Hast du gut geschlafen?

Ich habe letzte Nacht nur vier Stunden geschlafen.

For er/sie/es, use schläft with umlaut.

gut schlafen — to sleep wellschlecht schlafen — to sleep badly

Er schlaft noch.

Er schläft noch.

Third-person singular has umlaut: schläft.

Remember the vowel change: ich schlafe, du schläfst, er schläft.

Choose one answer.

Which form is correct?

schlafen is irregular: schläft, schlief, geschlafen. Perfekt uses haben.