geigen

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German

Etymology

Geige (violin) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ̯ɡn̩/
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Verb

geigen (weak, third-person singular present geigt, past tense geigte, past participle gegeigt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (music, transitive or intransitive) to fiddle, to play on the violin
    Synonym: fiedeln
    jemandem die Meinung geigento lecture, to criticize, to give someone a piece of one's mind
    • 2021 June 8, Gerhard Henschel, “Die Wahrheit: Taiwan ist ein La-La-Land”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Stattdessen hat sie nachgelegt und auf Youtube ein Video gepostet, in dem sie Xi Jinping abermals die Meinung geigt []
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Conjugation

Further reading

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