See also: Zechen

German

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Etymology

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Zeche +‎ -en

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtsɛçən]
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  • Hyphenation: ze‧chen

Verb

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zechen (weak, third-person singular present zecht, past tense zechte, past participle gezecht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated, slang) to drink alcohol to excess; to booze
    Synonym: see Thesaurus:betrinken

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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