raffen
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Etymology
From Middle High German raffen, reffen, from Old High German *hraffon (“to snatch, seize”).
Pronunciation
Verb
raffen (weak, third-person singular present rafft, past tense raffte, past participle gerafft, auxiliary haben)
- to snatch up, grasp
- (colloquial) to understand
- Synonyms: verstehen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen
- 2001, “Ich möchte nicht, dass ihr meine Lieder singt”, performed by Jan Delay:
- Den wegen Leuten wie dir tu' ich die machen / Leute die mich wegen irgend 'ner Scheiße volllabern / Ohne den Inhalt der Texte zu raffen
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
| infinitive | raffen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | raffend | ||||
| past participle | gerafft | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich raffe | wir raffen | i | ich raffe | wir raffen |
| du raffst | ihr rafft | du raffest | ihr raffet | ||
| er rafft | sie raffen | er raffe | sie raffen | ||
| preterite | ich raffte | wir rafften | ii | ich raffte1 | wir rafften1 |
| du rafftest | ihr rafftet | du rafftest1 | ihr rafftet1 | ||
| er raffte | sie rafften | er raffte1 | sie rafften1 | ||
| imperative | raff (du) raffe (du) |
rafft (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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