wuppen
Meaning
- (informal, transitive, weak) to lift or turn (something) with a quick, jerking movement
- (figuratively, informal, transitive, weak) to get (something) done
Synonyms
zustande bringen
zuwege bringen
geregelt kriegen
geregelt bekommen
gebacken kriegen
ins Lot bringen
gebacken bekommen
auf die Reihe bringen
auf die Kette kriegen
getan kriegen
auf die Reihe kriegen
auf die Reihe bekommen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvʊpn̩/
Etymology
Variant of wippen, and like this a Central and Low German word. In some Low German dialects, wuppen is the regular outcome of Middle Low German wippen (cf. the development in Wucht). In other dialects, the same form was probably derived by playful neo-ablaut.
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