Schleife

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯fə/

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From Middle High German slöufe, from Old High German sloufa, from Proto-West Germanic *slaupijā. Cognate with Dutch sloop (“pillowcase”). Doublet of Schlaufe (“strap, noose”). Schleife exhibits unrounding, while Schlaufe exhibits Upper German lack of umlaut before a labial. The West Germanic noun is denominal to the verb at hand in Old High German sloufen, causative of sliofan (whence archaic modern schliefen). Related with schlüpfen (“to slip”) and English sleave.

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1. bow, tie (way of fastening laces etc.)
2. bow, ribbon (ornament of such form)
3. anything loop- or eight-shaped
4. (figurative) loop (something recurring or repetitive)

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• (obsolete in this sense) Schlaufe, (obsolete) Schläufe, Schleufe

From Middle High German sleife, from Old High German sleifa, from sleifen, whence modern schleifen (“to drag”).

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1. (obsolete) a simple sled used in agriculture to pull something forward, drag

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• “Schleife” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schleife” in Duden online
• “Schleife” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.