Polyglot Dictionary

rupfen

/ˈʁʊpfn̩/

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

Forms

present
rupft
past
rupfte
perfect
hat gerupft

Meaning

  1. to pluck

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

auszupfen

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 rupfen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie ___ das Huhn.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rupfen?

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