lynchen

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English lynch, with a strongly Germanised spelling pronunciation (as is common in older loanwords).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʏnçən/
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  • Hyphenation: lyn‧chen

Verb

lynchen (weak, third-person singular present lyncht, past tense lynchte, past participle gelyncht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to lynch, to kill someone (in a mob or crowd)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • lynchen” in Duden online
  • lynchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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