Sentences with German verb zupfen ⟨Subordinate⟩

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Present

  • Zupfst du deine Augenbrauen nicht? 
    English Aren't you plucking your eyebrows?
  • Joyce zupft am Staubtuch, das aus ihrem Hosenbund hervorlugt. 
    English Joyce is tugging at the dust cloth that is peeking out from her waistband.
  • Das Mädchen zupft in Gedanken versunken die Blütenblätter aus der Blüte. 
    English The girl, lost in thought, plucks the petals from the flower.

Imperfect

  • Vorsichtig zupfte er am Ärmel der Jacke, um die Aufmerksamkeit seiner Freundin zu erregen. 
    English He carefully tugged at the sleeve of the jacket to get his girlfriend's attention.
  • Er zupfte die Saiten der Laute sehr sanft. 
    English He plucked the strings of the lute very gently.
  • Manchmal hockte ein Straßenmusiker da und zupfte die Ukulele. 
    English Sometimes a street musician sat there and plucked the ukulele.

Present Subj.

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Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Die Mandoline richtig zu zupfen will gelernt sein. 
    English Playing the mandolin correctly needs to be learned.

Participle

  • Im Gemüsebeet muss immer wieder Unkraut gezupft werden, damit das Gemüse gedeiht. 
    English In the vegetable bed, weeds must always be pulled out so that the vegetables thrive.
  • Vor Nervosität hat der Redner während des ganzen Vortrags an seinem Kinnbart gezupft . 
    English Out of nervousness, the speaker tugged at his chin beard throughout the entire lecture.

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Indicative

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  • Vorsichtig zupfte er am Ärmel der Jacke, um die Aufmerksamkeit seiner Freundin zu erregen. 
    English He carefully tugged at the sleeve of the jacket to get his girlfriend's attention.
  • Zupfst du deine Augenbrauen nicht? 
    English Aren't you plucking your eyebrows?
  • Er zupfte die Saiten der Laute sehr sanft. 
    English He plucked the strings of the lute very gently.
  • Manchmal hockte ein Straßenmusiker da und zupfte die Ukulele. 
    English Sometimes a street musician sat there and plucked the ukulele.
  • Joyce zupft am Staubtuch, das aus ihrem Hosenbund hervorlugt. 
    English Joyce is tugging at the dust cloth that is peeking out from her waistband.
  • Das Mädchen zupft in Gedanken versunken die Blütenblätter aus der Blüte. 
    English The girl, lost in thought, plucks the petals from the flower.

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Subjunctive

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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translations

Translation of German zupfen


German zupfen
English pluck, pull, tug, pick, plunk, strum, twang, twitch at
Russian дергать, щипать, дёргать, теребить, вырывать, дёрнуть, подёргивать
Spanish arrancar, tirar, mesarse, pulsar, puntear, tirar de, tocar
French tirer, arracher, pincer, équeuter
Turkish çekmek, hafifçe çekmek, sıyırmak, tutmak, tıngırdatma, çırpma
Portuguese puxar, arrancar, dedilhar, pontear, tanger
Italian strappare, pizzicare, tirare, strapparsi, strappo, strimpellare, togliere
Romanian smulge, ciupi
Hungarian cibál, húrozás, húzni, kihúz, kitép, pengetés, rángatni, tépdel
Polish szarpać, ciągnąć, skubać, skubnąć, szarpać struny
Greek τραβώ, τσιμπώ, ξεριζώνω, βγάζω, παίζω τιράντο, τραβώ ελαφρά
Dutch plukken, trekken, tokkelen, uitrukken
Czech trhat, cupovat, drnkat, rozcupovat, trhnout, trsat, vytrhnout, zadrnkat
Swedish plocka, dra, rycka, knäppa på, noppa
Danish plukke, nappe, pille, rive, rykke, trække
Japanese 弾く, つまむ, つま弾く, 引き剥がす, 引き抜く, 引っ張る
Catalan arrencar, estirar, picar, tocar
Finnish nykäistä, nyhtää, nyppiä, repäistä, soittaa, vetää
Norwegian nappe, plukke, rive, strenge
Basque arrastatu, erauzi, marratxo, musketa, tiratu
Serbian čupati, svirati, trgnuti, trzati, vući
Macedonian влечам, влечење, пипање, потегнување, чешлање
Slovenian puliti, trgati, trzati, zviti
Slowakisch trhnúť, vytrhnúť, ťahať
Bosnian izvući, trgnuti, trzati, vući, čupati
Croatian istrgnuti, povlačiti, trzati, čupati
Ukrainian щипати, висмикувати, доторкатися, потягувати
Bulgarian дърпам, дърпане, издърпвам, издърпване, изкъсвам, щипя
Belorussian выдзіраць, выцягваць, цягнуць, щипаць
Indonesian memetik, mencabut, menyentil, petik
Vietnamese búng, giật, giật ra, gảy, nhổ
Uzbek chertmoq, sug‘urib olish, tortqilamoq, yulib olish
Hindi उखाड़ना, खींचना, छेड़ना, तार छेड़ना, नोचना
Chinese 弹拨, 拔, 拨, 拨弦, 拽, 揪下
Thai ดีด, กระชากออก, กระตุก, ถอน
Korean 튕기다, 뜯다, 뽑다, 잡아당기다
Azerbaijani dartmaq, mızrab vurmaq, qoparmaq, sökmək, çalmaq, çəkmək
Georgian ამოგლეჯა, ამოწყვეტა, კრეფა, ქაჩვა, წიწკნა
Bengali উপড়ে ফেলা, খুঁটানো, ঝংকার তোলা, টানা, তুলে ফেলা
Albanian shkul, bie, tërheq
Marathi उखडणे, उपटणे, ओढणे, छेडणे, तार छेडणे
Nepali उखाड्नु, उखेल्नु, झंकार्नु, झिक्नु, तान्नु
Telugu పీకడం, మీటడం, లాగడం
Latvian raustīt, izraut, plūkāt
Tamil இழுத்தல், இழுத்தெடுக்க, சிணுக்குதல், பறிக்க, மீட்டுதல்
Estonian kitkuma, näppima, nõksutama, tinistama, välja kiskuma
Armenian կսմթել, պոկել, քաշքշել
Kurdish derxistin, kişandin, kêşîn, lêdan, mîzrab kirin, çirtîn
Hebrewלמשוך، לגזוז، לקרוע، משיכה، תלישה
Arabicنتف، نقر، سحب، نتش، يقطُف، يَنتُف
Persianکشیدن، درآوردن، نواختن، چنگ زدن
Urduکھینچنا، چھیڑنا، نکالنا

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Meanings and synonyms of zupfen

  • ohne große Kraft an etwas in kleinen Rucken ziehen, meist mit den Fingern
  • [Kultur] ein Saiteninstrument mittels der Finger oder eines Plektrums mit einem kleinen Ruck in Schwingung versetzen und so zum Klingen bringen
  • etwas ruckartig ausreißen
  • jäten, rupfen

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 150379, 150379, 150379

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: zupfen

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 150379, 795078, 150379, 15201, 709877, 107568, 150379

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