pofen
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoːfn̩/
(file)
Verb
pofen (weak, third-person singular present poft, past tense pofte, past participle gepoft, auxiliary haben)
- (dated, colloquial, intransitive) to sleep, crash
- 1981, Udo Lindenberg (lyrics and music), “Gegen die Strömung”, in Udotopia:
- Bitte schmeiß' nicht gleich uns're Liebe weg / Wenn ich mal mit 'ner anderen pof’
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
| infinitive | pofen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pofend | ||||
| past participle | gepoft | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich pofe | wir pofen | i | ich pofe | wir pofen |
| du pofst | ihr poft | du pofest | ihr pofet | ||
| er poft | sie pofen | er pofe | sie pofen | ||
| preterite | ich pofte | wir poften | ii | ich pofte1 | wir poften1 |
| du poftest | ihr poftet | du poftest1 | ihr poftet1 | ||
| er pofte | sie poften | er pofte1 | sie poften1 | ||
| imperative | pof (du) pofe (du) |
poft (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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