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grapschen
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German
Alternative forms
- grabschen
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇāti, “he seizes”)).
Pronunciation
Verb
grapschen (weak, third-person singular present grapscht, past tense grapschte, past participle gegrapscht, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, informal) to grab
- (transitive, informal) to grab hold
- (intransitive, informal) to make a grab for sth.
- (transitive, informal) to grope (touch closely and sexually)
Conjugation
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
- (grab): ergreifen, schnappen, raffen, zusammenraffen, hinlangen, klauen
- (grab hold): ergreifen, schnappen, festhalten, festnehmen, fassen, packen
- (make a grab): fassen, greifen, langen, befingern, befummeln, berühren, betasten, herumtasten, zugreifen
- (grope): begrapschen
Derived terms
- begrapschen
- Busengrapschen
- Grapschen
- grapschend
- Grapscher
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