German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German roufen, from Old High German roufen, from Proto-West Germanic *raupijan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯fən/, [ˈʁaʊ̯fn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: rau‧fen

Verb

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raufen (weak, third-person singular present rauft, past tense raufte, past participle gerauft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, [mit — with]) to brawl, to scuffle, to fight
    Sie sah den Jungen dabei zu, wie sie sich im Garten rauften.
    She watched the boys scuffle in the garden.
  2. to horseplay
  3. to pluck

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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