kaputtreparieren
German, verb[kaˈpʊtʁepaˌʁiːʁən]
kaputtreparieren is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T-R-E-P-A-R-I-E-R-E-N (16 letters). Kaputtreparieren is a German verb meaning “to break something in an attempt to repair or improve it, particularly when such improvement was not really necessary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas beim (in guter Absicht erfolgenden) Versuch der Aufwertung oder Instandsetzung durch beispielsweise…”.
What does kaputtreparieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto break something in an attempt to repair or improve it, particularly when such improvement was not really necessary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas beim (in guter Absicht erfolgenden) Versuch der Aufwertung oder Instandsetzung durch beispielsweise Unwissenheit beschädigen oder zerstören
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 kaputtreparieren
- repariert kaputt present singular third-person
- reparierte kaputt past
- kaputtrepariert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kaputtreparierend participle present
- kaputtzureparieren infinitive infinitive-zu
- repariere kaputt first-person indicative present
- reparieren kaputt first-person indicative plural
- reparierst kaputt indicative present second-person
- reparierest kaputt second-person singular subjunctive
- reparieret kaputt plural second-person subjunctive
- reparierten kaputt first-person indicative plural
- repariertest kaputt indicative preterite second-person
- repariertet kaputt indicative plural preterite
- reparier kaputt! imperative singular
- repariere kaputt! imperative singular
- repariert kaputt! imperative plural
- kaputtrepariert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaputtreparieren?
- [kaˈpʊtʁepaˌʁiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.