kiebitzen

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German

Etymology

Rotwelsch kibitschen. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

kiebitzen (weak, third-person singular present kiebitzt, past tense kiebitzte, past participle gekiebitzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to kibitz, to observe curiously, especially a game
    Synonym: beobachten
    beim Schach kiebitzen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]‎:
      Ein bißchen gute Diktion versuchte ich in den Kirchen von den Predigern zu erlernen, zwei oder drei Male kiebitzte ich bei Gerichtsverhandlungen, ich ging in die Theater, um richtiges Englisch zu hören []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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