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blankziehen

German, verb[ˈblaŋkˌt͡siːən]

blankziehen is spelled B-L-A-N-K-Z-I-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written German, the 579,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blankziehen is a German verb meaning “to draw (a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Waffe aus der Scheide ziehen”.

What does blankziehen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to draw (a weapon)

  2. 2

    to completely undress

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. eine Waffe aus der Scheide ziehen 2. sich nackt ausziehen; Kleidung ablegen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of blankziehen

  • zieht blank present singular third-person
  • zog blank past
  • blankgezogen participle past
  • zöge blank past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • 2 strong
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • blankziehend participle present
  • blankzuziehen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • ziehe blank first-person indicative present
  • ziehen blank first-person indicative plural
  • ziehst blank indicative present second-person
  • ziehest blank second-person singular subjunctive
  • ziehet blank plural second-person subjunctive
  • zogen blank first-person indicative plural
  • zögen blank first-person formal plural
  • zogst blank indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce blankziehen?

  • [ˈblaŋkˌt͡siːən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is blankziehen in German?

blankziehen appears about once in every 85 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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