schlingen

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɪŋən/, [ˈʃlɪŋən], [ˈʃlɪŋŋ̩]
• Hyphenation: schlin‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən, -ɪŋn̩

From Middle High German slingen, from Old High German slingan.

schlingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present schlingt, past tense schlang, past participle geschlungen, past subjunctive schlänge, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to wind
2. (transitive) to tie, knot
3. (reflexive) to wind, coil
4. (reflexive, botany) to creep, twine

• Schlingen
• Schlinge
• schlingern
• Schlingpflanze
• herunterschlingen
• umschlingen
• verschlingen

From Middle High German slinden, verslinden, from Old High German slintan, farslintan. Several dialects of Central German exhibit a regular development -nd- → -ng-, whereby the verb was merged with schlingen (etymology 1). This dialectal form asserted itself in modern standard German, the original consonantism being preserved in the noun Schlund. Cognate with Dutch slinden.

schlingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present schlingt, past tense schlang, past participle geschlungen, past subjunctive schlänge, auxiliary haben)

1. to gobble, bolt

• herabschlingen
• herunterschlingen
• verschlingen