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Usages of schimpfen
Die erste Beschwerde war höflich, und trotzdem hat der Nachbar im Flur weiter geschimpft.
The first complaint was polite, and still the neighbor (male) kept complaining in the hallway.
Gestern habe ich ihn schimpfen hören, als ein Karton vor seiner Tür stand.
Yesterday I heard him complain when a box was standing in front of his door.
Die Nachbarin soll gestern im Treppenhaus laut geschimpft haben, aber ich habe nichts gehört.
The female neighbor is said to have complained loudly in the stairwell yesterday, but I didn’t hear anything.
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