fensterln

== German == === Etymology === From the South German dialectal diminutive Fensterl (“small window”), from Fenster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛnstɐln/ === Verb === fensterln (weak, third-person singular present fensterlt, past tense fensterlte, past participle gefensterlt, auxiliary haben) (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to visit a girl, who is the object of one's affections, at night either by coming to her window or by climbing through it into her room 1996, Roland Girtler, Sommergetreide: vom Untergang der bäuerlichen Kultur, p. 105: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Fenster === Further reading === “fensterln” in Duden online “fensterln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache