anpingen

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German

Etymology

an- +‎ Ping +‎ -en

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Verb

anpingen (weak, third-person singular present pingt an, past tense pingte an, past participle angepingt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (chiefly social media) to ping
    • 2017 November 10, Wenke Husmann, quoting Ulrich Clement, “Macht das Internet uns eifersüchtiger?”, in ZEITmagazin:
      Wenn Sie von einem attraktiven Mann aus Bochum angepingt werden, weil er Ihre Posts so umwerfend findet, geht bei Ihnen auch das Kopfkino los und Sie überlegen sich, ob sich nicht doch ein Treffen lohnt.
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