zijn pappenheimers kennen
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- zijn Pappenheimers kennen (superseded, archaic)
Etymology
[edit]Calque of German seine Pappenheimer kennen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (idiomatic, intransitive) to know with whom one is dealing, (especially) to know one's people [from late 19th c.]
Usage notes
[edit]The possessive pronoun always agrees with the referent, which is usually the subject.
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of zijn pappenheimers kennen: see kennen.