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einheizen

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Verb

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einheizen (weak, third-person singular present heizt ein, past tense heizte ein, past participle eingeheizt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to put/turn the heating on
  2. (transitive) to put (the oven) on
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to give (someone) hell, haul over the coals
    • 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:
      „Da habe ich diesem Torstenson ordentlich eingeheizt.“
      Then I gave this Torstenson a good talking-to.

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Further reading

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  • einheizen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • einheizen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • einheizen” in Duden online