abzapfen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

16th century,[1] ab- +‎ zapfen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

abzapfen (weak, third-person singular present zapft ab, past tense zapfte ab, past participle abgezapft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) of a liquid, to draw off, to tap
  2. (transitive, colloquial, humorous) of blood, to draw
    Blut abzapfento draw blood (literally, “to tap blood”)
  3. (transitive, by extension, slang, derogatory) of something other than a liquid, to siphon off (to take for oneself through morally or legally questionable means)
  4. (transitive, rare) to empty slowly by tapping continually

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “abzapfen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • abzapfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abzapfen” in Duden online
  • abzapfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon