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German
Etymology
Variant of wippen.
Pronunciation
Verb
wuppen (weak, third-person singular present wuppt, past tense wuppte, past participle gewuppt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, informal) to get (something) done
- Synonyms: erledigen, bewältigen, (informal) schaukeln
2013 May 12, Astrid Geisler, quoting Katharina Nocun, “Neue Piraten-Chefin: Die unermüdliche Detailarbeiterin”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Partei solle sich gefälligst den „Arsch aufreißen“, donnerte sie ins Mikro. „Ich möchte von niemandem mehr hören, dass wir diese Bundestagswahl nicht wuppen werden!“- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
wuppen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
wuppen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “wuppen” in Duden online
- “wuppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache