heimzahlen

German

Etymology

heim (home) + zahlen (pay)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯mˌt͡saːlən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: heim‧zah‧len

Verb

heimzahlen (weak, third-person singular present zahlt heim, past tense zahlte heim, past participle heimgezahlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to pay back, avenge oneself (often playfully or in minor matters)
    Synonyms: sich revanchieren, (usually more serious) sich rächen
    Das zahl ich dir heim!
    I’ll pay you back for that!

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.