raspeln

German

16th century, iterative of now obsolete raspen, from Middle High German raspen (“to grab, rake”), from Old High German (h)raspōn (“to rake, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną. This verb was, however, infrequent in Middle High German and did not have the specific sense of “rasp, grate”. Its later use seems to have been influenced by Middle French rasper (“to grate”), which goes back via Old French to the same Germanic verb. From the French are also Dutch raspen, English rasp.

raspeln (weak, third-person singular present raspelt, past tense raspelte, past participle geraspelt, auxiliary haben)

(transitive) to rasp, to smooth sharp edges and corners with a rasp (esp. of metal, wood, etc.)
(transitive) to grate (cheese, vegetables, etc.)
Synonym: reiben
(intransitive) to make a rasping or grating noise

Conjugation of raspeln (weak, auxiliary haben)

	singular	plural		singular	plural
infinitive		raspeln
present participle		raspelnd
past participle		geraspelt
auxiliary		haben
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich rasple ich raspele ich raspel	wir raspeln	i	ich raspele ich rasple	wir raspeln
	du raspelst	ihr raspelt		du raspelest du rasplest	ihr raspelet ihr rasplet
	er raspelt	sie raspeln		er raspele er rasple	sie raspeln

preterite	ich raspelte	wir raspelten	ii	ich raspelte¹	wir raspelten¹
	du raspeltest	ihr raspeltet		du raspeltest¹	ihr raspeltet¹
	er raspelte	sie raspelten		er raspelte¹	sie raspelten¹

imperative	rasple (du) raspel (du) raspele (du)	raspelt (ihr)

¹Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of raspeln (weak, auxiliary haben)