Rosinenpicken

== German == === Etymology === From Rosine +‎ picken. Derived from idiomatic expressions such as sich die Rosinen herauspicken (“to cherry-pick”, literally “to pick out raisins”) or sich die Rosinen aus dem Kuchen picken (literally “to pick raisins out of the cake”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁoˈziːnənˌpɪkən/ Hyphenation: Ro‧si‧nen‧pi‧cken === Noun === Rosinenpicken n (strong, genitive Rosinenpickens, no plural) cherry picking (act) Synonym: Rosinenpickerei ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Rosinenpicker === Further reading === “Rosinenpicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Rosinenpicken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Rosinenpicken” in Duden online