dahinraffen

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German

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Etymology

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dahin- +‎ raffen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [daˈhɪnˌʁafn̩]
  • Hyphenation: da‧hin‧raf‧fen
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  • Rhymes: -afn̩

Verb

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dahinraffen (weak, third-person singular present rafft dahin, past tense raffte dahin, past participle dahingerafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to kill (to cause a sudden death)
    • 2012 April 20, Die Welt[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 22:
      Usutu-Viren haben im vergangenen Jahr viele Amseln in der Rheinebene dahingerafft.
      Usutu viruses have killed many blackbirds in the Rhine plain in the past year.

Conjugation

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