verzapfen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈt͡sap͡fn̩]
- Hyphenation: ver‧zap‧fen
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Verb
verzapfen (weak, third-person singular present verzapft, past tense verzapfte, past participle verzapft, auxiliary haben)
- (woodworking) to mortise
- to serve from the keg (especially of beer)
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 555:
- Der Hofrat verzapfe im Klavierzimmer mit eigener Hand einen Fastnachtspunsch, den die Verwaltung gestiftet habe, meldete sie.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) to do or talk nonsense
- 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 317:
- „Aber was gab er denn Neues zum besten?“ „Nichts weiter Neues … Ja, es war die reine Chemie, was er heute verzapfte“, ließ Joachim sich widerstrebend herbei, zu berichten.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Verzapfen, Verzapfer, Verzapfung
- verzapfend, verzapft
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