blaumachen

See also: blau machen

German

Etymology

From blau +‎ machen. The semantic motivation is unclear. Perhaps compare blauer Montag (holiday Monday, literally blue Monday).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblaʊ̯ˌmaxn̩]
  • Hyphenation: blau‧ma‧chen
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Verb

blaumachen (weak, third-person singular present macht blau, past tense machte blau, past participle blaugemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to skive (work, school, etc.)

Conjugation

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