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Etymology
From, from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to bite
 * 2)  to sting; to burn; to be sharp; to be spicy
 * 3)  to clash; to jar

Usage notes

 * In English, bloodsuckers are said to “bite”. In German, is generally used with crawling bloodsuckers only, while  is used with flying bloodsuckers. Thus, you speak of a, but a.