zuschlagen
/ˈtsuːˌʃlaːɡŋ̩/
to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and direct it to a striking face; to take one’s chance, to commence to act provided the sudden opportunity; to slam, to whack in such a fashion that it is afterwards closed
- er/sie/es
- schlägt zu
- past
- schlug zu
- past participle
- zugeschlagen
- separable
- zu | schlagen
Meanings
- 1
to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and direct it to a striking face
Tom hat mir die Tür vor der Nase zugeschlagen.
Tom slammed the door in my face.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hör auf die Tür zuzuschlagen.
Stop slamming the door.
Tatoeba · Malkuth · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
to take one’s chance, to commence to act provided the sudden opportunity
- 3
to slam, to whack in such a fashion that it is afterwards closed
Sie hatte allen Grund, ihm die Tür vor der Nase zuzuschlagen.
She had every reason to slam the door in his face.
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 4
by continuous strikes or blows with an instrument achieve that a thing is afterwards sealed or lockedrare
- 5
to give the knock on to, to distribute to, to whack, to pronounce to belong to, to add to how much someone is worthrare
- 6
by smacking achieve that a thing instantaneously moves somewhither, to hit and thus pass torare
Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | schlage zu | schlug zu |
| du | schlägst zu | schlugst zu |
| er/sie/es | schlägt zu | schlug zu |
| wir | schlagen zu | schlugen zu |
| ihr | schlagt zu | schlugt zu |
| sie/Sie | schlagen zu | schlugen zu |