Stöckchen ziehen

German edit

Etymology edit

Literally, "to draw little sticks".

Verb edit

Stöckchen ziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht Stöckchen, past tense zog Stöckchen, past participle Stöckchen gezogen, past subjunctive zöge Stöckchen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to draw straws (choose at random by having someone draw one of two sticks of different lengths from another person's hand)
    Synonym: Streichhölzer ziehen

Conjugation edit

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