/aʊ̯s deːn ˈlaːt͡ʃn̩ ˌkɪpn̩/ lit. ‘tip out of your slippers’
German idiom, colloquial. To faint or pass out.
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How do people use Aus den Latschen kippen
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Colloquial and a bit jokey, more for heat, hunger or a long queue than for a real medical emergency. It takes “sein” in the perfect: “Er ist aus den Latschen gekippt.” It can also mean being bowled over by surprise (“Als ich die Rechnung sah, bin ich fast aus den Latschen gekippt”), so context decides.
Aus den Latschen kippen
in real sentences
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Es war so heiß, dass ich dachte, ich würde aus den Latschen kippen.
It was so hot that I thought I was going to pass out.
Tatoeba, sentence by Pfirsichbaeumchen, translation by Spamster, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Du siehst so aus, als kipptest du gleich aus den Latschen.
You look like you’re going to pass out or something.
Tatoeba, sentence by Pfirsichbaeumchen, translation by Hybrid, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Aus den Latschen kippen
come from?
Latschen are worn, floppy shoes or slippers, and the picture is someone keeling over so hard that their feet stay behind in them. Neither German nor English Wiktionary gives a date or source for the phrase, and it’s not clear when it started.
Mistakes learners make with Aus den Latschen kippen
Using “haben” in the past: it’s “ich bin aus den Latschen gekippt”, because kippen here is movement (falling over), just like “ich bin umgefallen”.
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