keilen

German

Etymology

Keil + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯lən/
  • (file)

Verb

keilen (weak, third-person singular present keilt, past tense keilte, past participle gekeilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to hit or insert with a wedge or as if by one
  2. to split with a wedge
    Synonym: spalten
  3. (colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to brawl
    Synonym: prügeln
  4. (colloquial, transitive, dated) to recruit
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 29:
      Er war sofort von einem Kollegen für eine Verbindung gekeilt worden. Auch Diederich sollte ihr beitreten; es waren die Neuteutonen, eine hochfeine Korporation, sagte Hornung; allein sechs Pharmazeuten waren dabei.
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