verpfeifen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ver- + pfeifen. The sense "piss off" seems to be a euphemism for verpissen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verpfeifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present verpfeift, past tense verpfiff, past participle verpfiffen, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to tell on, to snitch, to rat on/out
- (reflexive, colloquial) to piss off
- 2017, Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Babylon Berlin, season 1, episode unknown, spoken by Roter Frontkämpferbund member (unknown):
- Du, Verräter der Arbeiterklasse。 Verpfeif dich!
- You, traitor to the working class: fuck you!
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verpfeifen | ||||
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present participle | verpfeifend | ||||
past participle | verpfiffen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verpfeife | wir verpfeifen | i | ich verpfeife | wir verpfeifen |
du verpfeifst | ihr verpfeift | du verpfeifest | ihr verpfeifet | ||
er verpfeift | sie verpfeifen | er verpfeife | sie verpfeifen | ||
preterite | ich verpfiff | wir verpfiffen | ii | ich verpfiffe1 | wir verpfiffen1 |
du verpfiffst | ihr verpfifft | du verpfiffest1 du verpfiffst1 |
ihr verpfiffet1 ihr verpfifft1 | ||
er verpfiff | sie verpfiffen | er verpfiffe1 | sie verpfiffen1 | ||
imperative | verpfeif (du) verpfeife (du) |
verpfeift (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “verpfeifen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verpfeifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verpfeifen” in Duden online
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