pumpen
/ˈpʊmpən/ verb B2- to pump (use a pump, work like a pump) · Das Regenwasser wird aus dem Keller gepumpt. The rain water is pumped out of the basement.
- to pant, to breathe intensely due to exertion, to exert or push oneself · Am Ende musste sie ganz schön pumpen, aber sie blieb vorn. At the end she had to pant / exert herself quite a bit, but she stayed ahead.
- to pump, weightlift, work out
- to borrow or lend; sometimes used in finance contexts, then usually implying unsustainable business models · Diese Staaten pumpen sich das Geld zu horrenden Zinsen. These countries borrow the money at exorbitant rates of interest.· Die zwei Euro kann ich dir pumpen. I can lend you the two euro.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- pumpen
- Present (er)
- pumpt
- Präteritum (er)
- pumpte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat gepumpt
- Infinitive with zu
- zu pumpen
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