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See also: Bunkern
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
bunkern (weak, third-person singular present bunkert, past tense bunkerte, past participle gebunkert, auxiliary haben)
- (nautical) to load (something) into a ship’s bunker
- Der Kapitän hatte nur die halbe Menge Kohle bunkern lassen.
- The captain had ordered to bunker only half the usual amount of coal.
- (figurative, informal) to hoard, to stash, to amass (and hide)
- Synonyms: horten, hamstern, ansammeln, verstecken
- 2003, “Der Steuersong”, performed by Elmar Brandt:
- Ich greif euch tief in die Tasche / Jeder von euch Spackos bunkert irgendwo noch Asche / Und die hol ich mir, die find ich schon, egal wo sie liegt.
- I've got my hands deep inside your pockets / Every one of you fuckers is hoarding some dough somewhere / And that's what I'm going for, I'll find it, no matter where it is
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Bunkerei
- Bunkerer
- Bunkern
- Bunkerung
- einbunkern
- verbunkern
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Noun
bunkern
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