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German
Etymology
Label + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛɪ̯bl̩n/
- Hyphenation: la‧beln
Verb
labeln (weak, third-person singular present labelt, past tense labelte, past participle gelabelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, chiefly figurative) to label
- Synonyms: etikettieren, abstempeln
2024 February 3, Uwe Rada, “Populismus in der Neuköllner SPD: Feindbild sind die Grünen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Es ist ein Kulturkampf, der da in Neukölln wieder zu toben scheint. Dass die Sozialdemokraten im Bezirksamt ein missliebiges Projekt mit dem Feinbild „Grün“ labeln, zeigt, dass sie selbst vor rechtem Populismus nicht zurückschrecken.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
labeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
labeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “labeln” in Duden online
- “labeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache