schlappmachen

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Etymology

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schlapp +‎ machen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schlappmachen (weak, third-person singular present macht schlapp, past tense machte schlapp, past participle schlappgemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (informal) to wilt (to fatigue; to lose strength)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg, volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 264:
      Anfang Juni tat er wieder Dienst, aber Mitte des Monats hatte er abermals „schlapp gemacht“, klagte bitter über sein „Pech“, []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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