grapschen
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti, “he seizes”)).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgrapschen (weak, third-person singular present grapscht, past tense grapschte, past participle gegrapscht, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, informal) to grab
- (transitive, informal) to grab hold
- (intransitive, informal) to make a grab for sth.
- (transitive, informal) to grope (touch closely and sexually)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | grapschen | ||||
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present participle | grapschend | ||||
past participle | gegrapscht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich grapsche | wir grapschen | i | ich grapsche | wir grapschen |
du grapschst du grapscht1 |
ihr grapscht | du grapschest | ihr grapschet | ||
er grapscht | sie grapschen | er grapsche | sie grapschen | ||
preterite | ich grapschte | wir grapschten | ii | ich grapschte2 | wir grapschten2 |
du grapschtest | ihr grapschtet | du grapschtest2 | ihr grapschtet2 | ||
er grapschte | sie grapschten | er grapschte2 | sie grapschten2 | ||
imperative | grapsch (du) grapsche (du) |
grapscht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
edit- (grab): ergreifen, schnappen, raffen, zusammenraffen, hinlangen, klauen
- (grab hold): ergreifen, schnappen, festhalten, festnehmen, fassen, packen
- (make a grab): fassen, greifen, langen, befingern, befummeln, berühren, betasten, herumtasten, zugreifen
- (grope): begrapschen
Derived terms
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