# die Schlinge

die Schlinge is a German noun meaning “loop”. Forms: der Schlinge, die Schlingen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Schlinge
- Plural: die Schlingen

## In other languages

- Русский: петля

## Meanings

1. loop, noose (rope or similar material fashioned into or forming a loop, typically small to mid-sized)
2. snare (trap using a loop)
3. sling (bandage for the arm)

## Examples

- Mein Arm ist in einer Schlinge. — My arm is in a sling.
- Unwissenheit erstickt wie eine Schlinge. — Ignorance smothers like a noose.
- Er formte eine Schlinge aus den Bettlaken und erhängte sich in seiner Zelle. — He fashioned a noose out of the bed sheets and hung himself in his cell.
- Sie fesselten Pinocchios Hände hinter seinen Schultern und legten eine Schlinge um seinen Hals. — They tied Pinocchio's hands behind his shoulders and slipped the noose around his neck.

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