German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Karriole +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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karriolen (weak, third-person singular present karriolt, past tense karriolte, past participle karriolt, auxiliary sein) (intransitive)

  1. (informal, Northern Germany, regional) to drive about
    • 1965 August 25, “Der häßliche Neger”, in Der Spiegel[1], number 35:
      Teenager karriolten mit Autos durch die Vorstädte und feuerten die Brandleger an.
      Teenagers were rolling round the suburbs and incited the arsonists.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • karriolen” in Duden online
  • karriolen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • karriolen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon