funzen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfʊntsən/ === Etymology 1 === Clipping of funktionieren with additional simplification of the consonant cluster /ŋkts/ into /nts/. Originally in the jargon of IT technicians and computer scientists. ==== Verb ==== funzen (weak, third-person singular present funzt, past tense funzte, past participle gefunzt, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, chiefly slang) to function, to work ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Related with Funzel (“weak lamp”). ==== Verb ==== funzen (weak, third-person singular present funzt, past tense funzte, past participle gefunzt, auxiliary haben) (obsolete) to light up (an area) ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “funzen” in Duden online “funzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “funzen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–