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Etymology

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From kaputt (broken) +‎ reparieren (repair), thus “to repair it broken”.

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Verb

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kaputtreparieren (weak, third-person singular present repariert kaputt, past tense reparierte kaputt, past participle kaputtrepariert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to break something in an attempt to repair or improve it, particularly when such improvement was not really necessary
    Synonym: verschlimmbessern

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