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Schlapfen
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German
Alternative forms
de Schlappen m
Etymology
Attested from dialects as a footwear since the 17th century, developing de gmh slappe, gmh slape the part of a head-covering hanging down like a pouch; klappen- oder beutelförmig herunterhängender Teil der Kopfbedeckung; Kopfbedeckung; Art Kappe, hence in dialects a “loose shoe made by separating the front part of a shoe (der durch Abschneiden der Kappe zum Pantoffel gemachte Schuh; Pantoffel)”.
Pronunciation
de [ˈʃlapfn̩]
de De-Schlapfen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Schlap fen
Noun
m
de Austria Bavaria A slipper
de Thesaurus:Hausschuh
de Austria colloquial mildly vulgar mouth, gob
de Halt den Schlapfen! Shut your gob!
Declension
m
Hyponyms
de Badeschlapfen
de Hausschlapfen
de Lederschlapfen
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