raufen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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