chargieren

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German

Etymology

From French charger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁˈʒiːʁən/
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  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Verb

chargieren (weak, third-person singular present chargiert, past tense chargierte, past participle chargiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (performing arts) to overact
    • 2008, Der Spiegel, number 6/2008, page 129:
      Allerdings chargieren die Schauspieler bisweilen bis zur Herzschmerzgrenze, und zum Ende verliert der Film unter der Last, seine drei Geschichten zu Ende zu erzählen, an Leichtfüßigkeit.
      However, the actors sometimes overact up to the limit of heartache, and at the end, the movie loses its light-footedness under the burden of telling its three stories until the end.
  2. (metallurgy, of a furnace) to feed, to load

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