Schlee

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginMiddle High German slē ← Old High German slēo ← Proto-West Germanic *slaiw →
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Meanings

proper nounSchlee (plural Schlees)

plural Schlees

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*slaiwaz“weak, sluggish, lethargic”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*slaiw
  3. Old High Germanslēo
  4. Middle High Germanslē“slow, lethargic”
  5. EnglishSchlee

German surname, from the noun Schlehe (“sloe bush”). Also from the archaic Middle High German slē (“slow, lethargic”), from Old High German slēo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“weak, sluggish, lethargic”).

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APA

Schlee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlee

MLA

“Schlee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Schlee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schlee.

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