rübermachen

German

Etymology

Structurally rüber +‎ machen, compare German rübergehen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁyːbɐˌmaxn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: rü‧ber‧ma‧chen

Verb

rübermachen (weak, third-person singular present macht rüber, past tense machte rüber, past participle rübergemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to travel to a place in another country
  2. (East Germany, in particular) to flee into the Federal Republic of Germany
    • 1999 April 29, Sonia Shinde, “Zwei Seiten sind ein Tanz”, in Die Zeit‎:
      Denn nach der Wende zerfiel die Gruppe. Bernd und Micheline Füchsel hatten bereits kurz vor dem Mauerfall "rübergemacht", nach Nürnberg. Heike und Dieter Seidel kamen später nach.
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Conjugation

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