wullacken

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German

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Etymology

1920s in seemingly miners’ milieu, of uncertain derivation, possibly a blend of wühlen +‎ malochen with the intention of a pseudo-loan from Polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊlakn̩/
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Verb

wullacken (weak, third-person singular present wullackt, past tense wullackte, past participle gewullackt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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, →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.
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