herbsteln

German

Etymology

  1. Herbst + -eln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɐ̯pstl̩n/
  • Hyphenation: herbs‧teln

Verb

herbsteln (weak, third-person singular present herbstelt, past tense herbstelte, past participle geherbstelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Southern Germany, Bavaria, Austria, intransitive, impersonal) to become autumn
  2. (Southern Germany, Bavaria, Austria, transitive, colloquial) to harvest (ripe grapes for wine)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  1. herbsten

Further reading

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