gesundschrumpfen

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German

Etymology

gesund +‎ schrumpfen

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Verb

gesundschrumpfen (weak, third-person singular present schrumpft gesund, past tense schrumpfte gesund, past participle gesundgeschrumpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, transitive, reflexive) to downsize, to rightsize
    Synonym: verschlanken
    • 2013, Oliver Maria Schmitt, Mein Wahlkampf, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, →ISBN:
      Um unser Heimatland wieder schöner und übersichtlicher zu gestalten, müsste man es auf Idealmaße gesundschrumpfen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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