die Seele baumeln lassen

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “to let the soul dangle”, coined by Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer Kurt Tucholsky in 1931, in the story Schloss Gripsholm, now a cliché. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /diː ˈzeːlə ˈbaʊ̯ml̩n ˈlasn̩/ === Verb === die Seele baumeln lassen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present lässt die Seele baumeln, past tense ließ die Seele baumeln, past participle die Seele baumeln lassen, auxiliary haben) to let it all hang out, to relax and be carefree ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “die Seele baumeln lassen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)