schröpfen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schröpfen, schrepfen, schreffen, schrefen, schrapfen, schraffen, from the merger of Old High German *skrepfan, *skreffan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrepan and Old High German *skrapfen, *skraffen, from Proto-West Germanic *skrappjan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schröpfen (weak, third-person singular present schröpft, past tense schröpfte, past participle geschröpft, auxiliary haben)
- (medicine, transitive) to bleed, cup
- (figuratively, transitive) to bleed, fleece, milk (To take large amounts of money often by using tricks.)
- 1903, Elisabeth von Heyking, Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten, Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, page 122:
- Nirgends wie in China hat jeder einzelne so viel Feinde, d. h. Leute, die auf ihn drücken, die etwas Schlimmes, das sie über ihn wissen, ausnutzen, um ihn zu schröpfen.
- Nowhere like in China, every single person has as many enemies, that is people, who press on him, who exploit something bad they know about him for fleecing him.
- 1903, Elisabeth von Heyking, Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten, Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, page 122:
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schröpfen | ||||
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present participle | schröpfend | ||||
past participle | geschröpft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schröpfe | wir schröpfen | i | ich schröpfe | wir schröpfen |
du schröpfst | ihr schröpft | du schröpfest | ihr schröpfet | ||
er schröpft | sie schröpfen | er schröpfe | sie schröpfen | ||
preterite | ich schröpfte | wir schröpften | ii | ich schröpfte1 | wir schröpften1 |
du schröpftest | ihr schröpftet | du schröpftest1 | ihr schröpftet1 | ||
er schröpfte | sie schröpften | er schröpfte1 | sie schröpften1 | ||
imperative | schröpf (du) schröpfe (du) |
schröpft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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