zanken
German
Etymology
From late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German zanken.
Pronunciation
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Verb
- (transitive) To dispute
- (transitive, regional) To scold
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- auszanken (“to scold”)
- Gezänk (“squabbling, bickering”)
- Gezanke (“bickering”)
- herumzanken (“to squabble”)
- verzanken (“to fall out”)
- Zank (“row, squabble”)
- Zänker (“quarrelsome person”)
- Zankerei (“wrangling, quarreling”)
- Zänkerei (“tiff, spat”)
- zänkisch (“quarrelsome, cantankerous”)
Further reading
- “zanken” in Duden online