schliefst
Schliefst is not a separate lexical item in modern German; it is the second-person singular simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the verb schlafen, meaning you slept. It appears in literary or formal narrative language and is less common in everyday speech, where the present perfect tense ist typically used for past events.
Usage and characteristics: In standard written German, du schliefst describes a past action completed in the
Etymology and related forms: Schlafen is one of the foundational German verbs meaning “to sleep.” Its Präteritum
Example: Du schliefst, als der Wecker klingelte. This sentence uses schliefst to place the action in the