German

Alternative forms

• schlahn, schlahen (obsolete; still dialectally, poetically)

Verb

schlagen ‎(class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present schlägt, past tense schlug, past participle geschlagen, past subjunctive schlüge, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound
2. (transitive, figuratively) to beat; to win against; to defeat
3. (intransitive) to beat; to strike repeatedly; to pound
4. (transitive, cooking) to beat; to whip; to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
5. (of a clock) to chime
   • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 41:

     Die kleine Stutzuhr auf dem Kamin, ein letzter Rest der Habe meiner Eltern, schlug zehn.

     The small bracket clock on the chimney, a last remnant of the belongings of my parents, chimed ten.

6. (reflexive) to fight

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