schönsaufen

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German

Etymology

schön (beautiful) +‎ saufen (to booze)

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Verb

schönsaufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft schön, past tense soff schön, past participle schöngesoffen, past subjunctive söffe schön, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, pronominal) to use alcohol to make something tolerable; to put on beer goggles
    Synonyms: schöntrinken, (rare) vertrinken
    sich jemanden/etwas schönsaufen(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2013 June 6, Jenni Zylka, “Die Wahrheit: Her mit den kleinen Aufreißkünstlern!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Ich bin wohl weder der Scientologen-, noch der Pick-Up-Typ. Allerdings habe ich mir auch schon so einiges schöngesoffen, nur habe ich den Kunstgriff dabei immer bei mir vermutet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023 August 30, Oliver Trenkamp, “Muss man sich die Ampel-Ergebnisse schönsaufen?”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
      Muss man sich die Ampel-Ergebnisse schönsaufen?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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