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kneifen

kneifen

German

Verb

kneifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular simple present kneift, past tense kniff, past participle gekniffen, past subjunctive kniffe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to pinch, to squeeze
  2. (intransitive) to chicken out; to back out; to shirk
    vor etwas kneifen — “to shirk something”

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