verkorksen

== German == === Etymology === First attested in the late 19th century. Originally in the phrase sich den Magen verkorksen (“to upset one’s stomach”), from dialectal gorksen, gurgsen (“to make a gargling sound”). Related with gurgeln (“to gargle”). The form with k apparently by folk-etymological adaptation to Kork (“cork”), perhaps associated with how cork may ruin wine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ferˈkɔrksən/, [fɐˈkɔɐ̯k.sn̩], [fɛɐ̯-], [-ˈkɔʁk-] Hyphenation: ver‧kork‧sen === Verb === verkorksen (weak, third-person singular present verkorkst, past tense verkorkste, past participle verkorkst, auxiliary haben) (colloquial) to make a mess of, to ruin, screw up, bugger up Synonyms: verderben, vergeigen, verhunzen, vermasseln, vermurksen, verpfuschen, versauen, versemmeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verkorksen, Verkorksung Verkorkser === Further reading === “verkorksen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verkorksen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “verkorksen” in Duden online