"count sheep" meaning in English

See count sheep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-count sheep.ogg Forms: counts sheep [present, singular, third-person], counting sheep [participle, present], counted sheep [participle, past], counted sheep [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} count sheep (third-person singular simple present counts sheep, present participle counting sheep, simple past and past participle counted sheep)
  1. (idiomatic) To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (to attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring): 數羊 (Chinese Mandarin), 数羊 (shǔyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), laskea lampaita (Finnish), compter les moutons (French), Schäfchen zählen (German), бро́и о́вци (brói óvci) (Macedonian), liczyć barany [imperfective] (Polish), liczyć owce [imperfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring",
      "word": "Schäfchen zählen"
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