wullacken
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit1920s in seemingly miners’ milieu, of uncertain derivation, possibly a blend of wühlen malochen with the intention of a pseudo-loan from Polish.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editwullacken (weak, third-person singular present wullackt, past tense wullackte, past participle gewullackt, auxiliary haben)
- (Ruhr Area, Westphalia, intransitive, in most areas dated) to toil
- Synonyms: malochen, rackern, schuften; see also Thesaurus:arbeiten
- 2022 January 12, Peter Köhler, “Die Wahrheit: Die graue Eminenz in Grau”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Jobs hatte ja nichts gelernt. Er dagegen, Tim Cook, hatte Management und Ingenieur gebimst und bei IBM und Compaq gewullackt, während Papagei Jobs in der Luft herumfuchtelte und Utopien zusammenbraute.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | wullacken | ||||
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present participle | wullackend | ||||
past participle | gewullackt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wullacke | wir wullacken | i | ich wullacke | wir wullacken |
du wullackst | ihr wullackt | du wullackest | ihr wullacket | ||
er wullackt | sie wullacken | er wullacke | sie wullacken | ||
preterite | ich wullackte | wir wullackten | ii | ich wullackte1 | wir wullackten1 |
du wullacktest | ihr wullacktet | du wullacktest1 | ihr wullacktet1 | ||
er wullackte | sie wullackten | er wullackte1 | sie wullackten1 | ||
imperative | wullack (du) wullacke (du) |
wullackt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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