wuppen

Meaning

  1. (informal, transitive, weak) to lift or turn (something) with a quick, jerking movement
  2. (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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