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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schlei

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
schlei
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlei, found in Old Saxon as Slia (modern Low German Slie) and Old Danish as Slæ, compare slæe (“algae, seaweed”)," presumably related to Proto-Germanic *slīmą.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Schlei, *slīmą

Questions

What does schlei mean?
An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.
Where does schlei come from?
It is traced to German.

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