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blau machen

German, verb

blau machen is spelled B-L-A-U-M-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters). Blau machen is a German verb meaning “to skive, play truant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does blau machen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to skive, play truant

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of blau machen

  • macht blau present singular third-person
  • machte blau past
  • blau gemacht participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • blau machend participle present
  • blau zu machen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • mache blau first-person indicative present
  • machen blau first-person indicative plural
  • machst blau indicative present second-person
  • machest blau second-person singular subjunctive
  • machet blau plural second-person subjunctive
  • machten blau first-person indicative plural
  • machtest blau indicative preterite second-person
  • machtet blau indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce blau machen?

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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