tachinieren

== German == === Etymology === Unknown. Proposals are: Czech táhni (“Get out!”), from táhnout (“to pull”), in the military language of the Austro-Hungarian army in WWI, where tachinieren would refer to a soldier being absent without permission. Rotwelsch tarchenen (“begging, peddling”). Ancient Greek τάχος (tákhos, “speed, velocity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taxiˈniːʁən/, /taxiˈniːɐ̯n/ Rhymes: -iːʁən === Verb === tachinieren (weak, third-person singular present tachiniert, past tense tachinierte, past participle tachiniert, auxiliary haben) (Austria, Bavaria, informal) to laze around (especially during worktime) Synonyms: faulenzen, bummeln, auf der faulen Haut liegen (Austria, informal) to skip work or school by pretending to be sick, to pull a sickie, to throw a sickie, to skive off Synonyms: schwänzen, blaumachen, krankfeiern ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Tachinierer === Further reading === “tachinieren” in Duden online “tachinieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache