Synonym: be asleep
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sliːp/ |
| Hyphenation | sleep |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑤𐑰𐑐 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sleep | (I) slept |
| (thou) sleepest | (thou) sleptst, sleptest |
| (he) sleeps, sleepeth | (he) slept |
| (we) sleep | (we) slept |
| (you) sleep | (you) slept |
| (they) sleep | (they) slept |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) sleep | (I) slept |
| (thou) sleep | (thou) slept |
| (he) sleep | (he) slept |
| (we) sleep | (we) slept |
| (you) sleep | (you) slept |
| (they) sleep | (they) slept |
| Imperative mood | |
| sleep | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| sleeping | slept |
| Afrikaans | slaap |
|---|---|
| Albanian | fle |
| Catalan | dormir |
| Czech | spát |
| Danish | sove |
| Dutch | pitten; slapen |
| English (Old English) | slæpan |
| Esperanto | dormi |
| Faeroese | sova |
| Finnish | nukkua |
| French | dormir |
| German | schlafen |
| Hungarian | alszik |
| Icelandic | sofa |
| Italian | dormire |
| Kabylian | ddes |
| Low German | slåpen |
| Luxemburgish | schlofen |
| Malay | tidur |
| Norwegian | sove |
| Papiamento | drumi |
| Polish | spać |
| Portuguese | dormir |
| Romanian | dormi |
| Russian | спать |
| Saterland Frisian | släipe |
| Scottish Gaelic | caidil |
| Spanish | dormir |
| Sranan | sribi |
| Swedish | sova |
| Thai | นอนหลับ; นอน |
| Turkish | uyumak |
| Ukrainian | спати |
| Welsh | cysgu |
| West Frisian | sliepe |
| Yiddish | שלאָפֿן |