verb
to laze around
B1
Faulenzen: 'to laze around' or 'to be lazy'. Non-reflexive intransitive verb using auxiliary haben; regular weak conjugation (Perfekt: habe gefaulenzt). Informal term for idly relaxing, lazing at home or avoiding work. Imperative: Faulenze! / Faulenzen Sie! Common in spoken German, often negative connotation about laziness.
Examples
Er hat im Urlaub gefaulenzt.
He lazed around on vacation.
Am Sonntag faulenzen wir den ganzen Nachmittag.
On Sunday we laze around all afternoon.
Die Studenten faulenzten den ganzen Sonntag, obwohl sie für die Prüfung lernen sollten.
The students lazed around the whole Sunday, although they should have studied for the exam.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture lying on a sofa lazily for the whole afternoon.
Sounds like 'foul' + 'lenz' — imagine slacking off like something foul is holding you down.
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Notes
Intransitive verb; passive forms are not applicable (no direct object to be passivized). Uses haben as auxiliary in perfect tenses. Konjunktiv I Präteritum: not applicable — Konjunktiv I is formed from present forms and past is usually expressed periphrastically (Perfekt).