# schlep

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃlɛp/

## Definitions
1. To carry, drag, or lug.
2. To go, as on an errand; to carry out a task.
3. To act in a slovenly, lazy, or sloppy manner.

## Etymology
From Yiddish שלעפּן (shlepn, “to drag”), from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from or related to Old High German sleifen (“to drag”) and slifan (“to slip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan.
Compare German schleppen (“to haul”) and its inherited doublet schleifen (“to drag”), Dutch slepen (“to drag”), Danish slæbe (“to haul”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/schlep