schleichen

B1 Verb frequency rank #9,377

What schleichen means

Verb

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)
to go somewhere in the above manner
to move slowly (especially in a car)
to slink away; to leave meekly or sheepishly

Forms

schleichen · schleicht · schlich · ist geschlichen

Pronunciation

schleichen in a sentence

Wir mussten leise durch den Hausflur schleichen.

We had to creep quietly through the hallway.

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schleichen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #9,377 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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