bekneipen

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German

Etymology

be- +‎ kneipen

Verb

bekneipen (weak, third-person singular present bekneipt, past tense bekneipte, past participle bekneipt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, dated) to get drunk
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 555:
      Vielmehr gemahnte dieser ihn selbst sehr lebhaft an die eigentümlich und unvergeßlich aus Übermut und Nervosität, Wißbegier, Verachtung und Andacht gemischte Verfassung, worin er sich vor Jahren befunden, als er sich, etwas bekneipt, mit Kameraden zum erstenmal angeschickt hatte, ein Mädchenhaus in Sankt Pauli zu besuchen.
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Further reading

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  • bekneipen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache