An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zupfen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2548819An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zupfenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ zupfen, verb, ‘to pull, pluck,’ Modern High German only, earlier Modern High German zopfen; denominative from Zopf; hence zupfen means literally ‘to drag by the hair’?.

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