abluchsen
German
Alternative forms
- abluxen (nonstandard)
Etymology
From ab- + luchsen. The latter from Low German lucksen, intensive form of luken, from Middle Low German lūken (“to pull, to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *leukaną, which is related to Locke (“curl”, originally “tuft of hair”). In Standard German it was associated with an originally unrelated verb luchsen (“to peer, lurk”), which is derived from Luchs (“lynx”), an animal considered cunning and sharp-eyed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈapˌlʊksən/
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Verb
abluchsen (weak, third-person singular present luchst ab, past tense luchste ab, past participle abgeluchst, auxiliary haben)
- (informal) to obtain through slyness or quickness; to wangle
- Synonyms: abgewinnen, abhandeln, abjagen
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Conjugation
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Derived terms
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