bongen

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German

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Etymology

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First half of the 20th century, from Bon (receipt) +‎ -en. The ⟨g⟩ reflects the usual pronunciation (as *bonen or *bonnen would be unrecognizable).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔŋən/
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Verb

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bongen (weak, third-person singular present bongt, past tense bongte, past participle gebongt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to enter (an amount, a sold item) into a cash register
    Die Artikel sind alle schon gebongt. Wenn Sie die jetzt doch nicht wollen, muss ich den Stornoschlüssel holen.
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  2. (colloquial, chiefly past participle) to accept, to agree to
    Könnte ich diesen Freitag zur Mittagspause schon gehen? – Hm ja, ist gebongt. Freitagnachmittag wird eh nichts los sein.
    Could I leave at lunchbreak this Friday? – Yeah well, it’s all right. There won’t be much going on this Friday afternoon anyway.

Conjugation

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