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schleichen

[ˈʃlaɪ̯çən]

verb

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl, to sneak, to steal, to prowl, to creep, to slither (of a snake)
  2. to go somewhere in the above manner
  3. to move slowly (especially in a car)
  4. to slink away; to leave meekly or sheepishly
Examples

Was schleicht der da so?

Why’s that guy driving so slowly?

Pronunciationˈʃlaɪ̯çən

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.