klauen

== German == === Etymology === From earlier kläuen, from Middle High German kleuen, klæwen, from Old High German klawēn, chlawēn, klawjan, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną. Later remodelled after and related to Klaue (“claw”), that is “to grab with one’s claws”. The sense “to steal” originated in West Central German and Low Franconian, and is supposed to have been spread among soldiers during World War I. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklaʊ̯ən/, /ˈklaʊ̯n/ Homophone: Klauen Hyphenation: klau‧en === Verb === klauen (weak, third-person singular present klaut, past tense klaute, past participle geklaut, auxiliary haben) (transitive or intransitive, somewhat informal) to steal [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘from someone’] Tolle Idee, die werde ich klauen! ― Great idea, I'm gonna steal that! ==== Usage notes ==== Klauen is the most common word for “to steal” in colloquial German. Written standard German generally prefers stehlen, although klauen is also seen here and there. The syntactical construction is identical to that of stehlen (see there). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== abstauben stibitzen mitgehen lassen fladern mopsen lange Finger machen stehlen === Further reading === “klauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “klauen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “klauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “klauen” in Duden online “klauen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Verb === klauen (third-person singular present klaut, past participle geklaut, auxiliary verb hunn) (transitive or intransitive) to steal, to nick, to pinch ==== Synonyms ==== zoppen schuppen stielen