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Klauen

Klauen

See also: klauen

German

Noun

Klauen n (genitive Klauens, no plural)

  1. (the act of) stealing
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Klauen

  1. plural of Klaue

klauen

klauen

See also: Klauen

German

Verb

klauen (third-person singular simple present klaut, past tense klaute, past participle geklaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (somewhat informal) to steal

Conjugation

Usage notes

  • Klauen is the most common word for “to steal” in colloquial German. Written standard German generally prefers stehlen, although klauen is also seen here and there.
  • The syntactical construction is identical to that of stehlen (see there).

Synonyms