Rosinenpicken
German
Etymology
From Rosine + picken.Derivative of idiomatic expressions such as sich die Rosinen herauspicken “to cherry-pick (literally: to pick out raisins)” or sich die Rosinen aus dem Kuchen picken “id. (literally: to pick raisins out of the cake)” by forming a compound of the noun Rosine “raisin” and the gerund Picken/Herauspicken “to pick”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁoˈziːnənˌpɪkən/
- Hyphenation: Ro‧si‧nen‧pi‧cken
Noun
Rosinenpicken n (genitive Rosinenpickens, no plural)
- cherry picking (act)
Declension
Declension of Rosinenpicken (uncountable)
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Rosinenpicken |
| genitive | eines | des | Rosinenpickens |
| dative | einem | dem | Rosinenpicken |
| accusative | ein | das | Rosinenpicken |
Synonyms
- Rosinenpickerei
Related terms
- Rosinenpicker
External links
- “Rosinenpicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Rosinenpicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Rosinenpicken in Duden online