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Etymology

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From Middle High German zuomachen, zuo machen, zūmachen, equivalent to zu- +‎ machen. Compare Middle Low German tômaken, whence German Low German tomaken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtsuːmaxŋ̩], /ˈtsuːmaxən/
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  • Hyphenation: zu‧ma‧chen
  • Rhymes: -axn̩

Verb

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zumachen (weak, third-person singular present macht zu, past tense machte zu, past participle zugemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to close; to shut
    Synonym: schließen
  2. (loosely also) to lock
    Synonyms: abschließen, zuschließen
  3. (informal, regional) to hurry, to make haste

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • zumachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • zumachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • zumachen” in Duden online
  • zumachen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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