klauen.
to steal
Meaning & usage
to steal
Tolle Idee, die werde ich klauen!
Die Täter klauen nicht nur neue und teure Fahrräder, sondern oft auch ältere, gebrauchte Modelle.
Where this word comes from
From earlier kläuen, from Middle High German kleuen, klæwen, from Old High German klawēn, chlawēn, klawjan, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną. Later remodelled after and related to Klaue (“claw”), that is “to grab with one’s claws”. The sense “to steal” originated in West Central German and Low Franconian, and is supposed to have been spread among soldiers during World War I.
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