abluchsen

Meaning

to obtain through slyness or quickness; to wangle

Concepts

wangle

cheat someone out of

swindle out of

Synonyms

abjagen

abknöpfen

abnehmen

abräumen

abringen

aneignen

bekommen

entreißen

entwenden

entziehen

fortnehmen

gewinnen

herunternehmen

mitnehmen

wegnehmen

wegschnappen

abzwacken

das Wasser abgraben

abknapsen

Translations

soffiare

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

abfuggere

Basel-Landschaft

abläschele

Basel-Landschaft

abluuse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈapˌlʊksən/

Etymology

From ab- + luchsen. The latter from Low German lucksen, intensive form of luken, from Middle Low German lūken (“to pull, to pluck”), from Proto-Germanic *leukaną, which is related to Locke (“curl”, originally “tuft of hair”). In Standard German it was associated with an originally unrelated verb luchsen (“to peer, lurk”), which is derived from Luchs (“lynx”), an animal considered cunning and sharp-eyed.