schimpfen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪmpfɱ̩/, /ˈʃɪmpfən/
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  • Hyphenation: schimp‧fen

Verb

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schimpfen (weak, third-person singular present schimpft, past tense schimpfte, past participle geschimpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to tell off, to scold, to yell at [with mit (+ dative) ‘someone’]
    Synonyms: keppeln, zetern
  2. (intransitive) to complain, to grouse, to bitch, to curse [with über (+ accusative) or auf (+ accusative) ‘about someone/something’]
  3. (transitive, slightly derogatory) to call [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘an idiot or other derogatory term or name’]
  4. (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

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • schimpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schimpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schimpfen” in Duden online
  • schimpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de