Polyglot Dictionary

auszupfen

/ˈaʊ̯sˌtsʊpfn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
zupft aus
past
zupfte aus
perfect
hat ausgezupft

Meaning

  1. to pluck

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rupfen

Auszupfen is delicate, specific plucking, like plucking an eyebrow hair; rupfen is more general and forceful, like plucking a chicken's feathers.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

puntear

puntear is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to pluck."

Portuguese

depenar

depenar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to pluck."

Practice

1 What does auszupfen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ die Augenbrauen aus.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches auszupfen?

verbseparable-verb

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