schimpfen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schimpfen, from Old High German skimpfen, from Proto-West Germanic *skimpijan. Cognate with dialectal English skimp (“to make fun of, scoff at”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, scold”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schimpfen (weak, third-person singular present schimpft, past tense schimpfte, past participle geschimpft, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to tell off, to scold, to yell at [with mit (+ dative) ‘someone’]
- (intransitive) to complain, to grouse, to bitch, to curse [with über (+ accusative) or auf (+ accusative) ‘about someone/something’]
- (transitive, slightly derogatory) to call [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘an idiot or other derogatory term or name’]
- (transitive, accusative reflexive, slightly derogatory) to call oneself [with accusative ‘something considered derogatory’]
- Er hat keine Ahnung von der Materie - und so jemand schimpft sich Experte! ― He is clueless in that field - and someone like that calls himself an expert!
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schimpfen | ||||
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present participle | schimpfend | ||||
past participle | geschimpft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schimpfe | wir schimpfen | i | ich schimpfe | wir schimpfen |
du schimpfst | ihr schimpft | du schimpfest | ihr schimpfet | ||
er schimpft | sie schimpfen | er schimpfe | sie schimpfen | ||
preterite | ich schimpfte | wir schimpften | ii | ich schimpfte1 | wir schimpften1 |
du schimpftest | ihr schimpftet | du schimpftest1 | ihr schimpftet1 | ||
er schimpfte | sie schimpften | er schimpfte1 | sie schimpften1 | ||
imperative | schimpf (du) schimpfe (du) |
schimpft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- Schimpfen, Schimpfer, Schimpf, Schimpferei, Geschimpfe
- schimpfend
- schimpflich
- ausschimpfen, beschimpfen
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