schlafen
to sleep
Ranks #275 by frequency — outside the core hundred, but common in everyday life.
- Type
- verb
- Frequency rank
- #275
- Per million words
- 38
In a sentence
Das Kind schläft schon.The child is already asleep.
Conjugation
Present tense of schlafen, plus the forms you need to talk about the past.
| ich — I | schlafe |
|---|---|
| du — you | schläfst |
| er/sie/es — he / she / it | schläft |
| wir — we | schlafen |
| ihr — you (plural) | schlaft |
| sie — they | schlafen |
| Perfect | hat geschlafen |
| Simple past | schlief |
Forms its perfect tense with haben.
schlafen is a stem-changing verb: the vowel shifts in the du and er/sie/es forms. Those two are worth memorising separately.
Related words
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Practise this word
schlafen is in the free trainer along with the rest of the list — flashcards, multiple choice, listening practice and spaced review. No account needed.