kneipen

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German knîpen, which entered Central German dialects of Late Middle High German and natively underwent the diphthongisation into kneipen. See kneifen for the further development.

Verb

kneipen (weak or class 1 strong, third-person singular present kneipt, past tense kneipte or knipp, past participle gekneipt or geknippen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) archaic or dialectal form of kneifen (to pinch, to squeeze)
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Etymology 2

From Kneipe +‎ -n.

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kneipen (weak, third-person singular present kneipt, past tense kneipte, past participle gekneipt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to booze, to treat oneself in the pub (Kneipe)
    Synonyms: zechen, bechern, picheln
    • 1913, Paul, Arzt für Hautkrankheiten in Berlin Richter, “Beiträge zur Geschichte der alkoholhaltigen Getränke bei den orientalischen Völkern und des Alkohols”, in Archiv für die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, volume 4, Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, page 431:
      Die Frage des Weines im alten Babylon ist noch nicht geklärt. Die erste Abbildung finden wir in einem Relief aus Assur (Niniveh, heute Mossul am Tigris), auf dem der bekannte assyrische König Assurbanipal (Sardanapal 668–626) in einer Weinlaube kneipend dargestellt ist […]
      The question of wine in old Babylon is not resolved yet. The first depiction we find on a relief from Assur (Niniveh, today Mossul at the Tigris), on which the known Assyrian king Assurbaniptal (Sardanapal 668–626) is shown boozing in a tavern
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Further reading

  • kneipen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache