murksen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Middle Low German morken (“to crush; to mash”). Hence also abmurksen (“to murder”). Probably related with morsch (“brittle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]murksen (weak, third-person singular present murkst, past tense murkste, past participle gemurkst, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, derogatory) to botch
- Synonym: pfuschen
- 2019 January 2, Anja Krüger, “Kommentar Pkw-Maut-Start: Murksminister braucht Erfolg”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Besserung? Fehlanzeige. Der Minister murkst auf allen Baustellen herum.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | murksen | ||||
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present participle | murksend | ||||
past participle | gemurkst | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich murkse | wir murksen | i | ich murkse | wir murksen |
du murkst | ihr murkst | du murksest | ihr murkset | ||
er murkst | sie murksen | er murkse | sie murksen | ||
preterite | ich murkste | wir murksten | ii | ich murkste1 | wir murksten1 |
du murkstest | ihr murkstet | du murkstest1 | ihr murkstet1 | ||
er murkste | sie murksten | er murkste1 | sie murksten1 | ||
imperative | murks (du) murkse (du) |
murkst (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- abmurksen
- Murks (backformation)
- vermurksen