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German
Etymology
Rosinenpicker + -ei or Rosinen + picken + -erei
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Ro‧si‧nen‧pi‧cke‧rei
Noun
Rosinenpickerei f (genitive Rosinenpickerei, plural Rosinenpickereien)
- (colloquial) cherry picking
- Synonym: Rosinenpicken
Rosinenpickerei betreiben- to do cherry picking
2002 March 17, “Niemand will nach Schengen”, in NZZ am Sonntag, page 13:Brüssel ist erklärtermassen nicht willens, den am Eintritt ins Schengener Sicherheitsgebäude interessierten Drittstaaten Rosinenpickereien zu erlauben.- Declaredly Brussels is not willing to allow third countries interested in entry into the Schengen Area any cherry picking.
2005 October 20, Thomas Knuf, “„Firmengewinne gerecht verteilen“”, in Berliner Zeitung:Wir sollten keine Rosinenpickerei betreiben.- We shouldn′t do any cherry picking.
- 2016, June 28th, Christina Hebel with material provided by dpa and Reuters: Cameron beim Brexit-Gipfel: EU-Partner zeigen Härte, in Spiegel Online (URL; retrieved June 28, 2016):
Merkel warnte Cameron: „Die Verhandlungen werden nicht nach dem Prinzip der Rosinenpickerei geführt.“- Merkel warned Cameron: “Negotiations will not follow the principle of cherry picking.”
Declension
Declension of Rosinenpickerei
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