herbsteln

German

Etymology
  1. Herbst +‎ -eln.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɐ̯pstl̩n/
  • Hyphenation: herbs‧teln

Verb

herbsteln (weak, third-person singular present herbstelt, past tense herbstelte, past participle geherbstelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Southern German, Bavaria, Austria, intransitive, impersonal) to become autumn
  2. (Southern German, Bavaria, Austria, transitive, colloquial) to harvest (ripe grapes for wine)

Conjugation

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Synonyms
  1. herbsten

Further reading
  • “herbsteln” in Duden online
  • “herbsteln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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