piesacken

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German

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Etymology

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From a Low German dialectalism Ossenpesek (literally ox pizzle) from Pese (tendon), Peserik (rod), as a pizzle was used in the 18th century to beat man and animal.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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piesacken (weak, third-person singular present piesackt, past tense piesackte, past participle gepiesackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to torment, to bully with small but repeated acts
    Synonyms: ärgern, sekkieren, quälen, triezen
    Hör auf, deine kleine Schwester zu piesacken!Stop bullying your little sister!
    Wir wurden die ganze Nacht von Mücken gepiesackt.We were tormented by mosquitoes all night.

Conjugation

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See also

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Further reading

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  • piesacken” in Duden online
  • piesacken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • piesacken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon