faulenzen

From Middle High German vūlezen (originally “to rot”), which is derived from the predecessor of German faul (“rotten; lazy”) with an intensifying suffix -ezzen (see Proto-Germanic *-atjaną). Later on -n- was infixed, either caused by or causing an association with Lenz (“spring-time”, and hence “time of joy”). Compare also the expression ein lauer Lenz (“a period of idleness”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaʊ̯ˌlɛn(t)sən/, [ˈfaʊ̯ˌlɛntsən], [-ˌlɛnsən], [-ˌlɛntsn̩], [-ˌlɛnsn̩]

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faulenzen (weak, third-person singular present faulenzt, past tense faulenzte, past participle gefaulenzt, auxiliary haben)

1. to laze

• Faulenzer
• Faulenzerei

• faul

• → Polish: wałęsać się

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

From German faulenzen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæu̯læntsen/, [fæˑʊ̯lænt͡sən]

faulenzen (third-person singular present faulenzt, past participle gefaulenzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to laze about