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killern

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German

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Etymology 1

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Probably from Low German killern, apparently iterative of *killen, kiddeln, from Middle Low German kittelen, kētelen, from Old Saxon kitilōn, from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną.

For the phonetic development compare especially Danish kilde, kildre, Norwegian kile. Also cognate with German kitzeln, Dutch kietelen, English kittle.

Verb

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killern (weak, third-person singular present killert, past tense killerte, past participle gekillert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, regional) to tickle
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Etymology 2

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Killer +‎ -en, from Tintenkiller (ink eraser, literally ink killer).

Verb

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killern (weak, third-person singular present killert, past tense killerte, past participle gekillert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to erase ink with an ink eraser
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