blaumachen
German, verb[ˈblaʊ̯ˌmaxn̩]
blaumachen is spelled B-L-A-U-M-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blaumachen is a German verb meaning “to skive (work, school, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht zur Arbeit (zur Schule) gehen; seinen Verpflichtungen nicht nachkommen; ohne triftigen Grund fernbleiben”.
What does blaumachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skive (work, school, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht zur Arbeit (zur Schule) gehen; seinen Verpflichtungen nicht nachkommen; ohne triftigen Grund fernbleiben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of blaumachen
- macht blau present singular third-person
- machte blau past
- blaugemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- blaumachend participle present
- blauzumachen 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
- mach blau! imperative singular
- mache blau! imperative singular
- macht blau! imperative plural
- blaugemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blaumachen?
- [ˈblaʊ̯ˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is blaumachen in German?
blaumachen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).