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German
Etymology
From Paar.
Pronunciation
Verb
paaren (weak, third-person singular present paart, past tense paarte, past participle gepaart, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, zoology) to mate, to pair
- 1925–26, Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf:
Jedes Tier paart sich nur mit einem Genossen der gleichen Art. Meise geht zu Meise, Fink zu Fink, der Storch zur Störchin, Feldmaus zu Feldmaus, Hausmaus zu Hausmaus, der Wolf zur Wölfin usw.- Every animal only mates with a partner of the same species. Chickadee goes to chickadee, finch to finch, stork to stork, field mouse to field mouse, house mouse to house mouse, wolf to wolf, etc.
1997, “Tier”, performed by Rammstein:Er wird zu seiner Tochter gehen
Sie ist schön und jung an Jahren
Und dann wird er wie ein Hund
Mit eignem Fleisch und Blut sich paaren- He will go to his daughter
She is beautiful and young on years
And then he'll, like a dog
Mate with his own flesh and blood
Conjugation
Conjugation of
paaren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
paaren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “paaren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “paaren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “paaren” in Duden online
- “paaren” in OpenThesaurus.de