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rupfen

to pluck, to pull out, to fleece, to rip off

ˈʁ ʊ p f ə n
rupf to pluck, to pull out + en Infinitive
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #37,086
to pluck, to pull out Often used for pulling feathers out of a bird.
GE: Wir müssen das Huhn rupfen.
EN: We have to pluck the chicken.
to fleece, to rip off Colloquial when someone is being cheated or made to pay too much.
GE: Der Verkäufer will mich rupfen.
EN: The seller wants to rip me off.
Conjugation of rupfen
rupfen
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — rupfen
Third — rupfen
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — rupfen
Third — rupfen

Wen muss man rupfen?

Who needs to be plucked?

— The Mermaid (2016)

Sie wollen es weder rupfen noch essen.

They want to neither pluck nor eat it.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Ich habe mit dir noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen!

I still have a bone to pick with you!

Tom hatte mit Mary noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen.

Tom still had a bone to pick with Mary.

Zuerst muss man es rupfen.

First, you have to pluck it.

— The Mermaid (2016)

Ich lass mich von dir nicht rupfen!

I won't let you fleece me!

— The Mermaid (2016)