büffeln

See also: Büffeln

German

Etymology

According to Kluge, from Büffel (buffalo), from its use as a working animal. Pfeifer considers it to have originally been an intensive form of büffen (to puff, to push), obsolete alternative form of puffen, with the meaning gained by folk-etymological association with Büffel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏfəln/
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  • Hyphenation: büf‧feln

Verb

büffeln (weak, third-person singular present büffelt, past tense büffelte, past participle gebüffelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to swot, cram (study with effort)
    Synonyms: pauken, bimsen, ochsen

Conjugation

References

Further reading

  • büffeln” in Duden online
  • büffeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache