Verb

schlafen

Translation

to sleep

Ich schlafe acht Stunden pro Nacht.

I sleep eight hours per night.

Das Baby schläft tief und fest.

The baby is sleeping soundly.

Er schläft bei einem Freund.

He is sleeping at a friend's place.

to sleep I sleep well.

((bei+3)) to sleep at (sb.'s place) He is sleeping at a friend's place.

((mit+3)) to sleep with (sb./sth.) The child sleeps with his teddy bear.

Synonyms: ruhen (to rest), dösen (to doze); Antonyms: wachen (to be awake), aufwachen (to wake up)

From Old High German 'slāfan', cognate with English 'sleep'. The root is common across Germanic languages.

It's a direct cognate of 'sleep'. The 'sch' sound is like the 'sh' in 'hush', a sound associated with sleeping.