pfeifen.
to whistle (with one's mouth or a whistle)
Meaning & usage
to whistle (with one's mouth or a whistle)
Hör auf zu pfeifen!
Er pfeift ein Liedchen.
to act as referee
Der Schiedsrichter pfeift sehr gut.
Wer pfeift das Spiel?
to be uninterested in; to ignore; not to give a damn about
Darauf pfeif ich!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German pfīfen, from Old High German pfīfōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpōn (“to play a flute; to whistle”). Cognate with Hunsrik peife, Yiddish פֿײַפֿן (fayfn).
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