pauken
See also: Pauken
Dutch
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Noun
editpauken
German
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editEtymology 1
editDerived from Middle High German pūken (“to beat, brawl”). Compare to German Pauker (“teacher”) and German Pauke (“kettledrum”).
Verb
editpauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, school slang) to swot, cram (study with effort)
- Synonym: büffeln
- (university slang, dated) to practice academic fencing
- (dated) to brawl
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Pauke (“kettledrum, timpani”) from Middle High German pūke (“kettledrum”) of unclear further origin. Compare to dated pauken (“to brawl”), relation to German pochen (“to thump, throb”) has been suggested.
Verb
editpauken (weak, third-person singular present paukt, past tense paukte, past participle gepaukt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to beat a drum
- 1817, Clemens Brentano, “Baciochis Erzählung vom wilden Jäger”, in Die mehreren Wehmüller und ungarischen Nationalgesichter[1]:
- Das Schauspiel war so grandios angelegt, daß man diesen ganzen kunstlosen Scheunenbrand für seinen Triumph hielt, man klatschte und paukte und trompetete; schnell ließ ich alle meine übrigen Stücke in die Lücken stellen und von neuem losfigurieren.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to drum in; to emphasize [+ auf (object)]
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editConjugation
editinfinitive | pauken | ||||
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present participle | paukend | ||||
past participle | gepaukt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich pauke | wir pauken | i | ich pauke | wir pauken |
du paukst | ihr paukt | du paukest | ihr pauket | ||
er paukt | sie pauken | er pauke | sie pauken | ||
preterite | ich paukte | wir paukten | ii | ich paukte1 | wir paukten1 |
du pauktest | ihr pauktet | du pauktest1 | ihr pauktet1 | ||
er paukte | sie paukten | er paukte1 | sie paukten1 | ||
imperative | pauk (du) pauke (du) |
paukt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
editNorwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editpauken m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editpauken m
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