liebäugeln
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈliːpˌʔɔɪ̯ɡl̩n]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lieb‧äu‧geln
Verb
liebäugeln (weak, third-person singular present liebäugelt, past tense liebäugelte, past participle geliebäugelt, auxiliary haben)
- (with an idea or thing) to flirt, to have one's eye on, to toy
- 2013 November 25, Der Spiegel – Geschichte, number 6, page 131:
- In seiner Jugend liebäugelt er gar damit, Geistlicher zu werden.
- In his youth, he even flirts with the idea to become a clergyman.
- (with a person) to make eyes at
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “liebäugeln” in Duden online
- “liebäugeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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