auftunken

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German

Etymology

From auf- (up) +‎ tunken (to dip, dunk).

Verb

auftunken (weak, third-person singular present tunkt auf, past tense tunkte auf, past participle aufgetunkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to dip up; to eat (a liquid, e.g. sauce, oil) by dipping something (usually bread) into it
    Nachdem er die Nudeln aufgegessen hatte, tunkte er die Soße mit einem Brötchen auf.
    After finishing the noodles, he sopped up the sauce with a roll.

Conjugation

Further reading

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