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)

  1. 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
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