pauken
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Dutch
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Noun
[edit]pauken
German
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Derived from Middle High German pūken (“to beat, brawl”), probably ultimately related to Pauker (“teacher”), compare also German Pauke (“kettledrum”).
Verb
[edit]pauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, school slang) to swot, cram (study with effort)
- Synonym: büffeln
- (university slang, dated) to practice academic fencing
- (dated) to brawl
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Pauke (“kettledrum, timpani”). Compare to dated pauken (“to brawl”), relation to German pochen (“to thump, throb”) has been suggested.
Verb
[edit]pauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to beat a drum
- 1817, Clemens Brentano, “Baciochis Erzählung vom wilden Jäger”, in Die mehreren Wehmüller und ungarischen Nationalgesichter[1]:
- Das Schauspiel war so grandios angelegt, daß man diesen ganzen kunstlosen Scheunenbrand für seinen Triumph hielt, man klatschte und paukte und trompetete; schnell ließ ich alle meine übrigen Stücke in die Lücken stellen und von neuem losfigurieren.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to drum in; to emphasize [with auf]
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[edit]Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | pauken | ||||
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present participle | paukend | ||||
past participle | gepaukt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich pauke | wir pauken | i | ich pauke | wir pauken |
du paukst | ihr paukt | du paukest | ihr pauket | ||
er paukt | sie pauken | er pauke | sie pauken | ||
preterite | ich paukte | wir paukten | ii | ich paukte1 | wir paukten1 |
du pauktest | ihr pauktet | du pauktest1 | ihr pauktet1 | ||
er paukte | sie paukten | er paukte1 | sie paukten1 | ||
imperative | pauk (du) pauke (du) |
paukt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “pauken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “pauken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “pauken” in Duden online
- “pauken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]pauken m
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]pauken m
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