zanken

German

Etymology

From late Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), of unclear origin, not having been recorded in earlier periods. Perhaps from the root of Zinke (“prong, sharp point”), if the original sense was "to be pointed."[1]

Pronunciation
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Verb

zanken (weak, third-person singular present zankt, past tense zankte, past participle gezankt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to dispute
    Synonym: streiten
    Antonym: versöhnen
  2. (transitive, regional) to scold
    Synonym: schimpfen
    Antonym: loben

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
  • Zanken
  • Zank (“row, squabble”)
  • Zänker (“quarrelsome person”)
  • Zankerei (“wrangling, quarreling”)
  • Zänkerei (“tiff, spat”)
  • zänkisch (“quarrelsome, cantankerous”)
  • auszanken (“to scold”)
  • Gezänk (“squabbling, bickering”)
  • Gezanke (“bickering”)
  • herumzanken (“to squabble”)
  • verzanken (“to fall out”)

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “zanken”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “zanken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “zanken” in Duden online
  • “zanken” in OpenThesaurus.de
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