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pauken

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pauken

  1. plural of pauk

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaʊ̯.kən/
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  • Hyphenation: pau‧ken

Etymology 1

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Derived from Middle High German pūken (to beat, brawl), probably ultimately related to Pauker (teacher), compare also German Pauke (kettledrum).

Verb

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pauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, school slang) to swot, cram (study with effort)
    Synonym: büffeln
  2. (university slang, dated) to practice academic fencing
  3. (dated) to brawl
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Etymology 2

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From Pauke (kettledrum, timpani). Compare to dated pauken (to brawl), relation to German pochen (to thump, throb) has been suggested.

Verb

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pauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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)
  2. to drum in; to emphasize [with auf]
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Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • 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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Noun

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pauken m

  1. definite singular of pauke

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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pauken m

  1. definite singular of pauke