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schlee

/ʃlˈi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
schlee
IPA
/ʃlˈi/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

German surname, from the noun Schlehe (“sloe bush”). Also from the archaic Middle High German slē (“slow, lethargic”), from Old High German slēo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“weak, sluggish, lethargic”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, slē, slēo, *slaiw, *slaiwaz

Inflected Forms

Schlees (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce schlee?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃlˈi/.
What does schlee mean?
A surname from German.
Where does schlee come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce schlee

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