verpfeifen
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verbcolloquial
to tell on, to snitch, to rat on/out
(vulgar) to piss off
Used in the library
- Nach einer Vereinbarung mit der Staatsanwaltschaft verpfeift der Bruder den Reeder.After an agreement with the public prosecutor's office the brother informs on the shipowner.B2Noch einmal, bitte (24) — Once more, please (24) (B2)
- Der kleine Dieb will seinen Komplizen nicht verpfeifen, obwohl ihm eine hohe Strafe droht.The petty thief doesn't want to grass on his accomplice, although he faces a heavy sentence.B2Noch einmal, bitte (7) — Once more, please (7) (B2)
- Ein Lehrling hat Angst, dass ihn sein Kollege beim Meister verpfeift, weil er zu spät gekommen ist.An apprentice is afraid that his colleague will tell on him to the foreman because he came in late.B2Noch einmal, bitte (19) — Once more, please (19) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- anzeigento display, to show (a measurement e.g. time, temperature, speed etc.); to indicate
- ausliefernto deliver, to distribute; to extradite
- denunzierento denounce, to inform against; to denounce, to stigmatise
- preisgebento abandon, forsake, relinquish, surrender; to disclose, reveal, betray (a secret)
- vernadernto tell on, to snitch, to rat on/out
- verpetzento tattle on, to tell on, to snitch on
- verratento betray, to be disloyal to; to reveal (something secret)
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