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auf den Keks gehen

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Teenage slang. More literally, to get on someone's cookie. The original reference is uncertain, but is probably a playful substitution of Keks for several other words which produce the same result. This is possibly related to other idioms such as einen weichen Keks haben and einen am Keks haben.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aʊ̯f deːn ˈkeːks ˌɡeːən]
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Verb

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auf den Keks gehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht auf den Keks, past tense ging auf den Keks, past participle auf den Keks gegangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of auf die Nerven gehen

Conjugation

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