German edit

Etymology edit

Probably from durch- (through) +‎ Middle Low German worsteln (to struggle) (cognate with English to wrestle and Dutch worstelen), influenced by wursteln (to tamper, literally to make sausages).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊʁçˌvʊʁstəln/
  • Hyphenation: durch‧wurs‧teln
  • (file)

Verb edit

durchwursteln (weak, third-person singular present wurstelt durch, past tense wurstelte durch, past participle durchgewurstelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, reflexive) to muddle through, to scrape by

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • durchwursteln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache