Klinken putzen
German, verb/ˈklɪŋkən ˌpʊtsən/
Klinken putzen is spelled K-L-I-N-K-E-N-P-U-T-Z-E-N (13 letters). Klinken putzen is a German verb meaning “to struggle (for some purpose) by going from office to office or house to house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Klinken putzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto struggle (for some purpose) by going from office to office or house to house
Bis ich den Balkon anbauen durfte, musste ich erstmal drei Jahre Anträge stellen und Klinken putzen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. von Tür zu Tür gehen und Geschäfte machen oder betteln
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 Klinken putzen
- putzt Klinken present singular third-person
- putzte Klinken past
- Klinken geputzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- Klinken putzend participle present
- Klinken zu putzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- putze Klinken first-person indicative present
- putzen Klinken first-person indicative plural
- putzest Klinken second-person singular subjunctive
- putzet Klinken plural second-person subjunctive
- putzten Klinken first-person indicative plural
- putztest Klinken indicative preterite second-person
- putztet Klinken indicative plural preterite
- die Klinken putzen variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klinken putzen?
- /ˈklɪŋkən ˌpʊtsən/
- [ˈklɪŋkn̩ ˌpʊt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.