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German
Etymology
Bims + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪmzn̩/
- Hyphenation: bim‧sen
Verb
bimsen (weak, third-person singular present bimst, past tense bimste, past participle gebimst, auxiliary haben)
- (dated) to pumice
- to study, cram
- Synonyms: pauken, büffeln
2022 January 12, Peter Köhler, “Die Wahrheit: Die graue Eminenz in Grau”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Jobs hatte ja nichts gelernt. Er dagegen, Tim Cook, hatte Management und Ingenieur gebimst und bei IBM und Compaq gewullackt, während Papagei Jobs in der Luft herumfuchtelte und Utopien zusammenbraute.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to drill
- Synonym: drillen
- to beat up
- Synonyms: prügeln, schlagen
- (vulgar) to have sex
2019, Max & Jakob, Kann ich nicht sagen, muss ich nackt sehen, Random House, →ISBN:Bimst die Frau viel, weil sie eigentlich einen Mangel erlebt, vielleicht ein niedriges Selbstwertgefühl hat, das sie mit der Bestätigung von Männern versucht zu kompensieren, finde ich das meistens nicht so attraktiv.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
bimsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
bimsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bimsen” in Duden online
- “bimsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache