anhimmeln

German

Etymology

an- +‎ himmeln

Pronunciation
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Verb

anhimmeln (weak, third-person singular present himmelt an, past tense himmelte an, past participle angehimmelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) to adore, to idolize
    • 1909, Lily Braun, Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Socialist]‎, Lehrjahre, München: Albert Langen:
      »Ich kenne den Großherzog nicht. Und ihn anhimmeln, bloß weil er der Großherzog ist, — das widerstrebt mir.«
      "I don't know the Grand Duke. And adore him just because he is the Grand Duke - I hate that."

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “anhimmeln” in Duden online
  • “anhimmeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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