vögeln

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈføːɡl̩n/, /ˈføːɡəln/
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  • Hyphenation: vö‧geln

Etymology 1

From Middle High German vogelen, vogeln, from Old High German fogalōn (catch birds). Related to Vogel (bird), from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz (bird), from Proto-Indo-European *pleu (to flow, to float). Cognate with English fowl.

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Verb

vögeln (weak, third-person singular present vögelt, past tense vögelte, past participle gevögelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated) to catch birds (compare "angeln")
    • 1752, Johann Ulrich Steinhofer, Neue Wirtenbegische Chronik 3ter Theil, A.C, published 1485, page 430:
      Wer Vogel ausnimmt oder verderbt in den Wälden, soll geben 1. fl. Wer vogelt mit Kleb oder Leim, 2. fl. []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (dated) to be itinerant, to flit from place to place
    • 1899, Richard Wossidlo, Mecklenburgische Volksüberlieferungen: Zweiter Band, page 29:
      Der sperling ist ein vögelein, er vögelt hin und her, und wenn er bei seinem liebchen kommt, dann vögelt er noch mehr.
      The sparrow is a little bird, he flits about to and fro, and when he's with his sweetheart, then he has sex even more.
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Etymology 2

Probably ultimately from the Germanic root *fug-, like ficken ("fuck"). Compare the Limburgish verbs vogelen, fokkelen, both used of birds with the meaning "to mate". Specific application to birds probably results from similarity to the word Vogel.

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Verb

vögeln (weak, third-person singular present vögelt, past tense vögelte, past participle gevögelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of birds) to mate
  2. (vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
    • 1899, Richard Wossidlo, Mecklenburgische Volksüberlieferungen: Zweiter Band, page 29:
      Der sperling ist ein vögelein, er vögelt hin und her, und wenn er bei seinem liebchen kommt, dann vögelt er noch mehr.
      The sparrow is a little bird, he flits about to and fro, and when he's with his sweetheart, then he has sex even more.
    • 1904, Anthropophyteia, Jahrbücher für Folkloristische Erhebungen und Forschungen zur Entwicklunggeschichte der geschlechtlichen Moral, published by Friedrich S. Krauss, page 200:
      Am nächsten Tag befragte der Sohn den Vater, wie oft er gevögelt habe und der Vater antwortete: []
      The next day, the son asked the father how often he had had sex, and the father answered:
    • 2009, Darja Behnsch, Bella Donna, →ISBN, page 67:
      Du bist wirklich die geilste Braut, die ich jemals gevögelt hab', Marie!
      You're really the hottest bird that I've ever fucked, Marie!
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Further reading

  • vögeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • vögeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • vögeln” in Duden online
  • vögeln” in OpenThesaurus.de