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schlepp

/ʃlɛp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
schlepp
IPA
/ʃlɛp/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of schlep.

noun

Alternative form of schlep.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan. Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: שלעפּן, slepen, slêpen, sleifen, *sleupan

Inflected Forms

schlepps (present, singular) schlepping (participle, present) schlepped (participle, past) schlepped (past) schlepps (plural)

Homonyms

schlep shlep

Rhymes With

step yep rep prep sep pep depp shep dep hep epp steppe

Questions

How do you pronounce schlepp?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃlɛp/.
What does schlepp mean?
Alternative form of schlep.
Where does schlepp come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce schlepp

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