raffen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German raffen, reffen, from Old High German *hraffon (to snatch, seize).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁafn̩/
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  • Rhymes: -afn̩

Verb

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raffen (weak, third-person singular present rafft, past tense raffte, past participle gerafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to snatch up, grasp
  2. (colloquial) to understand
    Synonyms: verstehen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen
    • 2001, “Ich möchte nicht, dass ihr meine Lieder singt”, performed by Jan Delay:
      Den wegen Leuten wie dir tu' ich die machen / Leute die mich wegen irgend 'ner Scheiße volllabern / Ohne den Inhalt der Texte zu raffen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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