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nachschlagen

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German

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Etymology

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nach- +‎ schlagen (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is the sense development? How does "to hit after" turn into "to look up, to find out"?”)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːxˌʃlaːɡŋ̩/, /ˈnaːxˌʃlaːɡən/
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  • Hyphenation: nach‧schla‧gen

Verb

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nachschlagen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present schlägt nach, past tense schlug nach, past participle nachgeschlagen, past subjunctive schlüge nach, auxiliary haben)

  1. to look up
  2. (colloquial) to take after [with dative ‘a relative, etc.’]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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