durchwursteln

German

Etymology

Probably from durch- (“through”) +‎ Middle Low German worsteln (“to struggle”) (cognate with English to wrestle and Dutch worstelen), influenced by wursteln (“to tamper”, literally “to make sausages”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊʁçˌvʊʁstəln/
  • Hyphenation: durch‧wurs‧teln
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Verb

durchwursteln (weak, third-person singular present wurstelt durch, past tense wurstelte durch, past participle durchgewurstelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, reflexive) to muddle through, to scrape by

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “durchwursteln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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